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On Sabouraud agar at 37°, colony dull white, finally yellowing at the 

 center, with radial i'olds; margin lobed, and numerous verruciform projec- 

 tions into medium. On gelatin stab, appearance at surface the same, but in 

 depth, numerous small granules. In potato decoction, white lumpy sediment 

 which breaks up somewhat on shaking. Optimum temperature for growth 

 37° C. Litmus milk at first acid, then alkaline. Glucose fermented; fructose, 

 sucrose, and dextrin slightly fermented ; no fermentation of maltose, galactose, 

 lactose, mannite, or inulin. Gas evolution with gelatin. 



Blastodendrion Kayongosi Mattlet, Ann. Soc. Beige Med. Trop. 6: 20-21, 

 1926. 



Isolated from a grayish white covering on tongue and tonsils of five-year- 

 old boy in Belgian Congo, which prevented him from eating. Elevation of 

 body temperature also observed. Scraping and application of tincture of 

 iodine caused amelioration of symptoms. Patient not seen again. 



In scrapings, blastospores spherical, 2-3/^ in diameter, others ovoid or 

 elongate of analogous dimensions. After 3 days' growth in potato decoction 

 at 37°, cells mostly rounded with an oil droplet, maximum diameter 6/*. After 

 30 days, hyphal forms appear, much branched, elongate cells averaging 7 x 

 2.5/*. Branches sometimes reduced to a single spherical or elongate cell. 

 Optimum temperature for growth 37° C. 



On Sabouraud agar, colony round, dull, white with center later yellowing 

 and wrinkling margin with radial striations which cause fine indentations. On 

 gelatin stab, surface of same aspect as on Sabouraud agar. Fine points of 

 growth along the stab, with displacement of medium. In potato decoction, 

 flaky sediment which separates on shaking, no pellicle. Glucose, fructose, 

 maltose, galactose, and sucrose fermented, not lactose, mannite, dextrin, or 

 inulin. Slight acid production in milk, no clotting. Gelatin not liquefied, 

 but gas produced. 



Blastodendrion Pinoyl (Castellani) Langeron & Talice, Ann. Parasitol. 

 Hum. Comp. 62, 1932. 



Endomyces Pinoyl Castellani, Lancet 1: 15, 1912; Brit. Med. Jour. 2: 

 1208-1212, 1912. 



Monilia Pinoyi Castellani & Chalmers, Man. Trop. Med. ed. 2, 826-827, 1913. 



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



Odlund & Hoffstadt, Arch. Derm. Syphilol. 20: 335-338, 1929, give good 

 description and drawings of their ease of Monilia Pinoyi infection of the penis 

 and vagina (Fig. 53). 



Originally isolated from sputum in case of bronchomycosis. 



Acidification and fermentation with glucose, fructose, and maltose. Milk 

 not clotted, coagulated serum, and gelatin not liquefied. 



Permanand (1922) gives the following cultural characters. Colonies dull 

 white, smooth with an ivory-like surface, sticky, dense, not adherent to the 

 medium. 



