A patient with very pale patches on his arms and legs is examined at his physician's office. His physician orders a fungal culture. The fungus shows a "spaghetti-and-meatball" appearance on the direct smear. What organism is it?
A) Microsporum canis
B) Malassezia furfur
C) Trichophyton rubrum
D) Epidermophyton floccosum
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