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Gelatin liquefied, sugars fermented. 



No pellicle. Parasaccharomyces. 



Pellicle produced. Mycotorula. 



Pseudomycelium branclied, blastospores in chains, verticils or pairs at the ends of pseudo- 

 mycelial cells. 

 Blastospores apical only. 



Blastospores isolated or in apical verticils, fusiform, colony cerebriform; sugars 



not fermented. Redaellia. 



Blastospores in long chains, rarely ever verticillate, ellipsoid; gelatin not 

 liquefied. Monilia. 



Blastospores both terminal and lateral, never in long terminal chains, sugars fer- 

 mented. 

 Verticils simple, regular, often in terminal tufts, gelatin liquefied, very thin 



pellicle on malt extract or none. Syringospora. 



Verticils either simple or compound, more or less regular, not terminal; gelatin 

 not liquefied. 

 Blastospores lacrimiform or pyriform, mostly in dendroid clusters, colony 



dull. Blastodendrion. 



Blastospores spherical or ovoid, verticils compound, 



elongate. Mycotoruloides. 



Blastospores elongate-ellipsoid, verticils rudim.entary, reduced to two blasto- 

 spores each, colony folded. 

 Colony moist, shining. Mycocandida. 



Colony dull, pellicle present, no sediment, no 



fermentation. PseudomonUia. 



Artificial Key Based Largely on Biochemical Characters 



Colony cerebriform, sugars not fermented. 



Arthrospores produced rarely, gelatin liquefied. Proteomyces, 



Blastospores fusiform, terminal verticils. Eedaellia. 



Colony membranous, wrinkled or much folded, grayish white, arthrospores present. 

 Gelatin liquefied. 



Sugars fermented, pellicle produced. Pseudomy coder ma. 



Sugars not fermented. Geotrichum. 



Gelatin not liquefied. 



Sugars fermented. Candida. 



Sugars not fermented. 



Pellicle well developed, thick, on liquid media; 



no blastospores present. Mycoderma. 



No pellicle, fragile ring occasionally; 



blastospores present. Schisoilastosporion. 



Colony creamy to viscous, smooth, shining, yellowish white, arthrospores rare or absent. 

 Gelatin liquefied. 



Sugars fermented. 



Pseudomycelium little branched, blastospore not in dense verticils. 



No pellicle. Parasaccharomyces. 



Pellicle produced. Mycotorula. 



Pseudomycelium branched. 



Pellicle very thin or none, blastospores in 



dense verticils. Syringospora. 



Pellicle well developed, blastospores in 



terminal chains. Monilia. 



