A 28-year-old male athlete presents with scaly, pruritic patches on the dorsal feet and between the toes for 2 months. Fungal culture grows Trichophyton mentagrophytes. Which feature most reliably distinguishes tinea pedis from tinea corporis caused by the same organism?

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