n 1  cap  :  a genus of saprophytic or parasitic imperfect fungi of the family Moniliaceae that formerly included the causative agent (Sporothrix schenckii) of sporotrichosis  2  pl  -cha   :  any fungus of the genus Sporotrichum .
 
 
 
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