41 2 PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY 
Tue Func IMPERFECTI 
An assemblage of varied forms, the life histories of most of 
which are imperfectly understood. Only one kind of spore, the 
conidiospore, is known to occur in this group. In this group 
are included numerous parasites which produce diseases in crop 
plants and some in man and the lower animals. 
Among the fungi of this group producing diseases in man are 
Trichophyton species which produce a skin affection called “ring- 
worm,” and Monilia albicans which produces an infection of the 
mucous membrane of the mouth known as “thrush.” 
