<prompt> Melanized sclerotic cells Medlar bodies 4-12 mm diameter evident in this H E stained cutaneous biopsy are of which disease?RhinosporidiosisCoccididomycosisChromoblastomycosisSporotrichosis  <response>: The histological image above shows the fungus as spherical or irregular, dark brown, yeast like bodies with septae called sclerotic bodies copper penny bodiesmuriform bodiesmedlar bodies seen in Chromoblastomycosis. Chromoblastomycosis: Characterised by verrucous lesions and chronic localized infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Seen commonly in wood workers. Caused by following dematiaceous fungi - Phialophora verrucosa Fonsecaea pedrosoi Cladophialophora carrionii Rhinocladiella aquaspersa 