Fie;. 93. Sporotrichum schencki. .V, freshly isolated strain after lour weeks; the jet black 

 color is typical. B, colony with repeated subculture alter 18 months; note loss ol pigment. C, 



slide culture, showing flusters of spores borne at the tips of short stalks; X 500. /), ulcer in 

 tail of rat at site of local injection ol suspension of S. selieneki. /','. swollen testes and ulcerated 

 tail of rat following inoculation. /', autopsy of rat following infection. All organs were normal 

 excepl testes, which were heavily infected. 



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