340 MEDICAL MYCOLOGY 



Reported as the cause of gangosa or rhinopharyngitis mutilans in the 

 Pacific Islands. Not cultivated and inoculations negative. 



Cryptococcus myrmeciae Chalmers & Christopherson, Jour. Trop. Med. 

 Hyg. 17: 129-135, 1914. 



Torulopsis myrmeciae Almeida, Annaes Fac. Med. Sao Paulo 9: 10, 1933. 



Isolated from extensive warts on the face. 



In lesions, cells yeastlike, sprouting, 1.4 x 2.1/a in diameter. Not obtained 

 in culture. 



Cryptococcus psoriasis Rivolta, Paras. Veg. 464, 469, 1873 (fide Kraus). 



Torulopsis psoriasis Almeida, Annaes Fac. Med. Sao Paulo 9: 10, 1933. 



Seen in scales from psoriasis patients. 



Cells spherical, thick-walled, sprouting, not producing mycelium. 



Cryptococcus radiatus Sartory, Sartory & Meyer, C. R. Soc. Biol. 106. 

 597, 598, 1931. 



Saprophyte isolated during an epidemic in Alsace, the disease being char- 

 acterized by falling hair. 



Cryptococcus septicus (Gaetano) Dodge, n. comb. 



Saccharomijces septicus Gaetano, Rif. Med. 13: 3:590-593, 1897. 



Isolated from septicemia in guinea pig. 



Cells mostly spherical, occasionally ovoid. No hyphae observed. Ger- 

 mination by sprouting. Optimum temperature for growth 20-30° C. 



On gelatin, small, round, shining, milky white colonies. About the same 

 on Casagrandi agar. Slower growth in neutral or alkaline media. In liquid 

 cultures, no pellicle or turbidity, although sediment appears at the bottom 

 of the tube. 



Cryptococcus Burnieri Nannizzi, Tratt. Micopat. Umana 4: 305, 1934. 



Cryptococcus de Burnier (cas 8) Ota, Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp. 2: 47, 

 48, Fig. 7, 1924. 



Isolated from case of epidermomycosis. 



On malt extract, at 25° C, after one day, cells ovoid or slightly elongate, 

 rarely spherical, slightly pointed at the ends, 4-5 x 2//,, solitary or in pairs, 

 walls thin, slightly larger after a month, still solitary but becoming thick- 

 walled, and on carrot reaching 7/a in diameter. On Gorodkova agar, cells 

 elongate, 13 x 3/x, in small chains of 3-4 cells, no asci; sprouting bipolar. 



On malt agar, colony cream color or grayish, surface smooth, shining, 

 moist, margins definite. On malt extract, a slight ring and thick sediment. 



Cryptococcus sp. 



Refe, Ota, Festschr. Keizo Dohi 335-350, Tls. 32, 33, 1917. 



Isolated from two cases of cutaneous abscesses. Pathogenic to guinea pig, 

 rabbit, and white rat. 



Cells 1.4-4. 5/x in diameter when spherical, or 4.9-6.2 x 3.1-2.9/^ when oblong, 

 thick-walled, granular. 



