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Aspergillus fumigatus is a pathogenic species which produces a 
disease in birds, horses, cattle and even, though rarely, in man 
that is called aspergillosis. ‘The organ most prone to infection 
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Fic. 291.—Aspergillus oryze associated with yeasts in the making of the Japanese 
beverage Saké. Vegetative hyphae (a) and spore-forming hyphz (4, c, d) are 
shown. (Schneider, Pharmaceutical Bacteriology.) 
by this organism is the lung, although the skin, cornea, ears and 
other parts are also subject to its parasitic influence. It pro- 
duces short conidiophores with sterigmata bearing long chains 
of rounded, colorless conidia 2.5 to 3u in diameter. Harsh- 
