Athlete's foot (tinea pedis<span>) is a </span>fungal<span> infection of the skin of the foot. Most athlete's foot is caused by one of two types of fungus. Trichophyton </span>mentagrophytes<span> often causes toe web or vesicular (blisterlike) infections. </span>
<span>Because of the suppression of fires in the temperate evergreen forests of California, this resulted in the loss of shade-tolerant trees and increased production of sequoias!</span>