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The M.furfur complex causes tinea versicolor,a disease characterized by patchy lesions or scaling of varying pigmentation.M.furfur may be identified by visualizing skin scrapings from characteristic lesions in a potassium hydroxide preparation or by observing yellow fluorescence with a Wood's lamp upon examination of the infected body site.Microscopic examination of the direct smear in potassium hydroxide (KOH)preparations reveals budding yeasts,approximately 4 to 8 mm,along with septate,sometimes branched,hyphal elements.The microscopic appearance has gained M.furfur the term "the spaghetti and meatballs" fungus.CDC PHIL #2916

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