Epidermophyton

noun

Ep·​i·​der·​moph·​y·​ton -(ˌ)dər-ˈmäf-ə-ˌtän 

: a genus of imperfect fungi that comprises dermatophytes causing disease (as athlete's foot and tinea cruris), that now usually includes a single species (E. floccosum synonyms E. inguinale and E. cruris), and that is sometimes considered a synonym of Trichophyton