Malassezia furfur

species of fungus
Taxon taxon Q311343
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Malassezia furfur

Summary

Malassezia furfur is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (473 views/month, #1,509 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Malassezia furfur's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Malassezia furfur is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Malassezia furfur is classified within Malassezia[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Malassezia furfur is Malassezia furfur[6].
  • Malassezia furfur's Commons category is recorded as Malassezia furfur[7].
  • Malassezia furfur's has basionym is recorded as Microsporum furfur[8].
  • Malassezia furfur's short name is recorded as M. furfur[9].
  • Malassezia furfur is commonly known as 粃糠狀鱗斑黴[10].
  • Malassezia furfur's taxon author citation is recorded as (C.P.Robin) Baill.[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Malassezia furfur is Malassezia furfur[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Malassezia[5]. It is commonly known as 粃糠狀鱗斑黴[10].

Identifiers

Malassezia furfur's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 450987[12]. Malassezia furfur's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55194[13]. Malassezia furfur's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 248533[14]. Malassezia furfur's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2518103[15].

Why It Matters

Malassezia furfur ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (473 views/month, #1,509 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Has basionym → Microsporum furfur
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Malassezia
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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