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Horses subcutaneous and deep mycoses were rare described in Poland, but in case of increasing horse import these illness may stay a new epidemiological problem. Sporotrichosis is a chronic disease of subcutaneous tissue and lymphatic ducts in horses causing by Sporothrix schenckii, especially in tropic climate area. It may be a zoonosis. Histoplasmosis is rare occurring disease in horse in Europe, but some serological investigations showed that there are endemic regions in Europe where the horses have a contact with Histoplasma capsulatum. Those fungi are pathogenic and people or animals, which are expose for aspiration abundant count of fungal spores, have a big risk of infections. Epizootic lymphangitis is a chronic infectious horse disease with inflammation of lymph nodes and lymphatic subcutaneous ducts. Histoplasma farciminosum is an etiological agent of disease. Fungi infect the host trough the skin or sometimes trough the alimentary tract. Disseminated form of illness is rare. Diseases occurred on the entire world, was described also in Poland. Pythiosis is causing by the fungi Pythium insidiosum, frequent pathogen of plants. Those fungi may be introduced mechanically trough the skin or mucosal membrane to the host. Most frequent pythiosis were described in horses, but not in Europe. Granulomatous nodules and ulcerations lesions in skin and subcutaneous tissue or lymph nodes of head area and legs are clinical manifestation of disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]