The affected hair shafts are fragile and easily broken.
«In dogs, the fungi commonly infect hair follicles, which causes
the affected hair shafts to break off at the skin line resulting in round patches of hair loss.»
Not exact matches
The evidence for the presence of a mycelial fungus in
affected areas of the infected bats was obtained when tissue samples from the Williams Hotel Mine were examined by SEM; this imaging method revealed abundant fungal growth on skin and
hair shafts (Fig. 1Ci - iv).