| Date | 1842 |
| Author | Gruby |
| Contribution | Described fungus as cause of "muguet" (thrush) of children. |
| Reference | Norman |
| Notes | David Gruby; called it Sporotrichum. According to Ainsworth it was named Oidium [Candida] albicans in1853. See 1841. Also in Rippon, Bulloch. In 1842 Gruby also described fungus of beard ringworm (named Microsporon [Trichophyton] mentagrophytes in 1853). |
| Category | Causation |
| Pathogen Class | Fungi |
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