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With some hesitation has Enantiothamnus been referred here, on account 

 of its morphology, although several characters suggest a relationship with 

 Proteomyces. Biochemical characters which often provide a clue to the rela- 

 tionships are not given in the original description. Langeron & Talice (1932) 

 doubtfully referred it to their Geotrichoides (Candida Berkhout). 



The members of this genus grow predominantly on mucous membranes 

 of the respiratory and alimentary tracts and about the external genitalia, 



Fig. 50. — Syringospora (Mycotoi-ula Langeron & TalicG) showing regular, dense verticils with- 

 out terminal chains. (After Langeron & Talice 1932.) 



extending into the urethra in man. They seem to be saprophytes or mild 

 parasites which grow much better on artificial media and produce injury 

 largely by mechanical and perhaps chemical irritation rather than by invading 

 the tissues. I have also referred here several partially described organisms 

 found growing on the moist folds of skin, causing local irritation often clini- 

 cally resembling those caused by Epidennophyion. 8. Braulii (Enantiotham- 

 7ius) alone in the group produces subcutaneous lesions. 



