A 38-year-old woman from Delhi presents with a 3-month history of scaling and erythema on her scalp with patchy alopecia. KOH mount shows branching septate hyphae. Which feature best distinguishes tinea capitis caused by Microsporum canis from Trichophyton tonsurans infection?

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