Ringworm in humans is caused by organisms belonging to which group?

1. Ringworm is one of the most common infectious diseases in humans. 2. Microsporum is named among the genera responsible. 3. Those genera are fungi, so ringworm is a fungal infection despite the worm in its name. 4. The name comes from the ring shaped lesion, not from any worm. 5. Treating it as a helminth infection would mean the wrong drug entirely. _Source: NCERT Class 12 Biology Ch7 'Human Health and Disease', section 7.1_