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Which is not a fungus ?

A
Rhinosporidiosis
B
Sporotrichosis
C
Torulosis
D
Candidiasis
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. is 'a' i.e., Rhinospororidiosis . Rhinosporidium Seeberi is not a fungus. "Molecular studies have shown that the organism is not a fungus, but a primitive aquatic bacterium". - Greenwood "By using molecular tools, recently it has been found that R. seeberi is not a fungus but an unusual protist shares phylogenetic features with microbes that cause infection in fish" . Torulosis is a fungal infection caused by crptococcus neoformans which primarily affects CNS and lung.

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