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Isolated from sputum of a case of pulmonary abcesses. Pathogenic for 

 guinea pigs and rats. 



Cells rounded, slightly ovoid, often cylindric and catenulate, forming 

 mycelium, hyaline or guttulate, 3-4//. in diameter or 2 x 5-ll^t. No ascospores. 



Colonies on carrot agar, shining, peach-blossom red, finally cinnabar red, 

 pellucid, slightly verrucose with smooth margin which finally becomes sinuous. 

 On malt agar, colonies red with a suggestion of orange, moist, smooth, slimy. 

 On gelatin, colony small, thick, smooth with ragged margin, red. On malt 

 extract, floating islets and carmine red ring, with thick rose to red sediment 

 and turbid liquid. No fermentation, milk curdled, gelatin slowly liquefying 

 after 100 days. 



The relationship of this species is not altogether clear. It seems to be 

 rather aberrant in Geotrichiim and perhaps belongs in Torulopsis, but accord- 

 ing to descriptions, it has too much mycelium for that genus. Unfortunately, 

 Lodder did not choose her media to encourage the formation of mycelium, and 

 she examined her cultures altogether too soon to observe it if it did occur. 



Geotrichum asteroides (Castellani) Basgal, Contr. Estudo Blastomycoses 

 Pulmonares. 48, 1931. 



Monilicb asteroides Castellani, Jour. Trop. Med. Hyg. 17: 307-309, 1 fig., 

 1914. 



Oidium asteroides Castellani & Chalmers, Man. Trop. Med. ed. 3, 1095, 1919. 



Mycoderma asteroides Brumpt, Precis Parasitol. ed. 4, 1212, 1927. 



Isolated from stools in cases of pseudosprue, also reported from cases of 

 chronic bronchitis. 



Colonies on glucose agar have characteristic vermiculate, more or less 

 radiating appearance. Yellowish white to amber. Organism does not clot 

 milk, grows badly or not at all on coagulated serum which is not liquefied. 

 Gelatin liquefied very slowly. No fermentation of sugars ; acid on glucose, 

 fructose, maltose, sucrose, galactose, and lactose. Castellani & Chalmers 

 (1919) state that it produces acid and clots in litmus milk. 



Geotrichum famatum (Harrison) Dodge, n. comb. 



Mycotonda famata Harrison, Trans. R. Soe. Canada, Biol. Sci. 22: 216-217, 

 1928. 



Isolated from a wound in the hand by Dr. Rasch (No. 1136 London Col- 

 lection). 



Prom young malt extract and malt agar cultures cells are spherical, el- 

 lipsoid and cj^lindric with abrupt ends and rounded corners, sprouting from 

 ends and sides, with groups of 5-6 cells resulting. Spherical cells 1.7-3.5/a in 

 diameter, ellipsoid 3.5 x 2.0/i, in diameter. In malt extract, cells are somewhat 

 larger, attaining 4.2 x S.S/x, cylindric cells, 4.5 x 1.7/i,. From 145-day-old cul- 

 tures cells ellipsoid or cylindric with short hyphae, occasional large cells 

 6.6 X 5.0/A, occasional oil droplets. Good growth between 25° and 37° C. 



On malt agar, growth white, shiny, slightly raised, spreading. On B.P.B. 

 agar, growth similar but pale blue. On potato, growth is pure white, slightly 



