EREMASCACEAE IMPERFECTAE 281 



Isolated from moist intertriginous lesions, once from interdigital mycosis 

 of the toes, once from vulvitis, and once from the epidermis of the male geni- 

 talia. [Cases very briefly described and not figured.] 



Yeast cells isolated, spherical or ovoid, 4-5ju, in diameter, rarely 3-10/i. 

 Rudimentary mycelium present, hyphae short, septate moniliform, blasto- 

 spores borne in verticils at the nodes and terminally. Yeast cells with a large 

 vacuole and a polar oil globule. Chlamydospores present. No ascospores on 

 Gorodkova agar or on gypsum block. 



Growth good on Sabouraud agar and malt agar, colonies confluent, form- 

 ing a thick, white, moist, creamy layer. Giant colony on malt, 4 cm. in 25-30 

 days, circular, margins festooned, center slightly elevated, occasionally conic 

 and granular, shining, humid, grayish white, with 4-5 radial furrows. On 

 carrot, growth good, creamy, white, no spores. Malt extract fermented, with 

 a ring and sediment. Litmus milk coagulated and acidified. Glucose, fruc- 

 tose, and maltose fermented; not lactose, sucrose, or galactose. Malt gelatin 

 fermented and liquefied. Optimum temperature 30° C, maximum about 45°, 

 and minimum 12°-15° C. 



The following species are placed here from their morphology, but their 

 descriptions are too incomplete to refer here with certainty. It is possible 

 that some of them may belong in synonymy with better described species. 

 The organisms of Hasegawa (p. 282) and of Braafladt (p. 282) may very pos- 

 sibly belong elsewhere. 



Syringospora uvae (Pollacci & Nannizzi) Dodge, n. comb. 



Cryptococcus uvae Pollacci & Nannizzi in Motta, Atti E,. Accad. Fisiocrit. 

 Siena IX, 17: 636, 1 pi., 1925. 



Monilia uvae Vuillemin, Champ. Parasit. Homme Anim. 48, 1931. 



Isolated from lesions on uvula, sometimes on pillars of fauces. 



Cells spherical, 4-8/a in diameter or ovoid, 7.5-9 x 9-10/*, some as high as 

 15/1. Sprouting polar. Hyphae septate, 2-2.5/* in diameter, alternately 

 branched with glomerules of blastospores at tips. 



On Pollacci agar, colonies round, 1-2 mm. in diameter, moist, projecting 

 0.3-0.4 mm. above substrate, and 0.5-1.0 mm. into it. Radiating hyphae in the 

 upper part of the agar extend 2-4 mm. On malt extract agar, colony gray, 

 dull, smooth, margin smooth. On malt gelatin, colony gray, shining, flat, 

 center slightly elevated, margin somewhat sinuous. In liquid media, floccose 

 colonies form on the surface and settle to the bottom, the liquid remaining 

 clear. No growth on alcohol. On malt extract, a few islets, a thin ring, and 

 sediments. No fermentation; gelatin not liquefied in 57 days at 15° C. 



Syringospora Otae (Nannizzi) Dodge, n. comb. 



Cryptocococcus Otae Nannizzi, Tratt. Micopat. Umana [Pallacci] 4: 329, 

 330, 1934. 



Cryptococcus de Burnier (cas C) Ota, Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 2: 

 49-51, Fig. 8, 1924. 



Isolated from a case of epidermomycosis. 



