Hortaea werneckii
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Hortaea werneckii is a Hortaea species.

It causes Tinea nigra
Tinea nigra
Tinea Nigra is a superficial fungal infection that causes dark brown to black painless patches on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.- Causes :...

. This skin infection causes non-scaly, smooth, brown-black painless spots on the palms of hands and soles of feet.
Young cells appear brown because of melanin production in the cell wall.
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