Shown here is a close-up of a Sporothrix schenckii culture during yeast phase.



Sporothrix schenckii is the causal agent of the fungal disease sporotrichosis. Sporotrichosis can be confirmed when a doctor obtains a swab or a biopsy of a freshly opened skin nodule and submits it to a laboratory for fungal culture.

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