EREMASCACEAE IMPERFECTAE 267 



Isolated from a case of onychomycosis. Pathogenic to laboratory animals. 



Cells long, ovoid or ellipsoid. Hyphae present. 



Colonies round, hemispheric, elevated with shiny porcelain-like surface. 

 On malt agar, colonies large and flat. On potato, growth in small, hemispheric 

 colonies sending out radiations Avhich join them in monilifonn groups. Growth 

 white, becoming gray in 1-2 months. On alkaline gelatin stab, growth in form 

 of lateral small foliiform projections into medium. In broth and malt extract, 

 a flocculent sediment without turbidity, no pellicle. Glucose fermented, mal- 

 tose and sucrose not. Alkaline gelatin not liquefied but malt gelatin finally 

 liquefied. 



Var. Gug'gfenheimi Dodge, n. var. 



Oidium sp. Guggenheim, Arch. Derm. Syphilis 142: 305-309, 1923. 



Produces onychomycosis. Human inoculation positive. Intravenous in- 

 jection in guinea pig fatal in 10 days. 



Colonies gray brown, smooth, shining, round elevations, after 2 weeks 

 becoming silvery powdery, then gradually resuming gray broAvn color. No 

 growth on malt agar. In beef broth, gray sediment appears but no turbidity. 

 Glucose fermented, gelatin liquefied. 



Parasaccharomyces parachalmersi (Castellani & Chalmers) Dodge, n. comb. 



Monilia parachalmersi Castellani & Chalmers, Man. Trop. Med. ed. 3, 1087, 

 1919. 



Mycelohlastanon parachalmersi Ota, Jap. Jour. Derm. Urol. 28: [4], 1928. 



Isolated, from sputum. Acid formation and fermentation with glucose, 

 fructose, galactose, sucrose, and inulin. Milk coagulated. Gelatin slowly 

 liquefied. 



Parasaccharomyces Colardi Dodge, n. sp. 



Monilia sp. Jaumain & Colard, C. R. Soc. Biol. 93: 858-860, 1925; Colard 

 & Jaumain, Bruxelles Med. 5: 1503-1506, 1925. 



Isolated from the sputum in a case of bronchomycosis (fatal) in the 

 Belgian Congo which was under observation in 1924-1925. Shortly before 

 death, the same organism was isolated from ulcers in mouth and pharynx. 

 Pathogenic for rabbits. 



In sputum, cells 4-5 x 2-3/a, granular, often united in pairs. Yeast cells 

 and branched hyphae bearing terminal chlamydospores. On solid sugar media, 

 mostly yeast cells or occasional short chains of long cells forming pseudo- 

 mycelium. Optimum temperature 37° C. 



On solid sugar media, colony thick, creamy white, not changing color with 

 age. On can'ot sediment, some floating flakes in the liquid, no pellicle or ring. 

 Abundant sediment in malt extract. Acid and fermentation with glucose, 

 fructose, maltose, and dextrin. Acid only with galactose and sucrose. No 

 action with lactose, mannite, inulin, or starch. Litmus milk acidified, coagu- 

 lated after 8 days in the incubator when it again becomes alkaline. No action 

 on coagulated serum. Glucose gelatin liquefied in 10 days. 



