Trichophyton Universalis
You might not know this, but Athlete's Foot is a serious problem, you see, if left unchecked, it can result in a multitude of nasty infections. Most of the time, though, you can avoid Athlete's Foot by simply wearing shoes when you go places, and drying your feet when you shower, and even if you do contract it, it usually stays at your feet, and can be cured by antibiotics and clean feet.
What you probably don't know is that Athlete's Foot is a fungus known as Trichophyton Rubrum and is part of the family Trichophyton, in which there are other forms of this fungi that infect different areas of the body (see "Jock Itch" on Wikipedia).
What even fewer know is that there is a very rare and unique strain, although it's technically a cryptid species, because it isn't recognized by modern "science". (How one can call themselves a scientist, but then discredit views that do not match their own is beyond me, but that's beside the point.) This unique strain of Trichophyton that I mentioned is called Trichophyton Universalis, mainly because (unlike other Trichphyton) it doesn't discriminate based on where it infects, who it infects, or what it infects.
T. Universalis starts as an infection that's not very different from T. Rubrum, it infects the foot(whichever part touches it, but most of the time the foot is the only area that's vulnerable enough), causes itching, minor pains, hard, brittle skin, and bacterial infections. The second stage of infection causes more pain, but then the itching subsides, and eventually the subject suffers from crippling pain. It's at this point when T. Universalis is visually and symptomatically distinct from T. Rubrum. The third stage causes chunks of flesh to rot off, the falling flesh can be used to infect other humans or animals, or even grow on inanimate objects like some kind of moss. At this stage it begins to spread to other areas of the body, possibly consuming the entire body, eventually.
The reason for my writing of this, is that I've been infected. It happened when I fell face first into a mossy brick, I thought it was just that – a mossy brick. Usually I collect interesting growths of plantlife, and I didn't think that any of the moss actually got stuck to my face, so I took the brick home. When I got home, I put the brick down, and I went to the bathroom to relieve myself. It was then that I noticed that my face was getting calloused, and after performing my usual bathroom ritual, I went on Google to check if this was a symptom of a larger problem. I found out that it was similar to Athlete's Foot, but it obviously wasn't on my feet.
I was confused. Where did I catch Athlete's Foot? Why is it on my face? And then I looked at the floor and noticed that I forgot to put the brick away. The moss on it had spread in multiple directions all over my carpet, and I realized that this was not ordinary moss. That's when I decided to search for "Athlete's Foot that grows everywhere" on Google. I found a single page that was relevant in the very back. It was a blog by someone claiming to be a biologist, who was documenting the effects of this fungus, because his dog had been infected with it. The last blog post stated that it was communicable to humans, and that he had caught it, which was why he named it T. Universalis.
At this point, I'm in the third stage of the infection, and my rotting flesh keeps dropping onto the brick. There's nothing I can do, I can barely even move without pain, so I can't call the doctor. I wonder what the hell the fungus is doing now. It stopped spreading.
Shit.
It grew an eye.
Credited to AlixeTiir
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