EREMASCACEAE IMPERFECTAE 229 



Hyphae straight at the surface of cultures, parallel, dicliotomous, partly 

 homogeneous, partly septate, 6/x in diameter. In the middle third the hyphae 

 turn outward, so that they end at the surface. Arthrospores ovoid, cylindric or 

 elongate, ellipsoid, even biscuit-formed, abjointed from ends. No asci or chlamy- 

 dospores. 



Mycoderma pseudoalbicans (Neveu-Lemaire) Dodge, n. comb. 



Monilia pseudoalhicans Nevevi-Lemaire, Precis Parasitol. Hum. 77, 1921. 



Monilia albicans Magrou, Montpellier Med. 39: 278-282, 2 figs., 1918. 



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



Isolated from sputum of bronchitis patient. No trace of stomatitis or 

 other symptoms of M. albicans infection. Subcutaneous inoculation of yeast 

 cells into guinea pig formed an abscess, which was resorbed. Intravenous in- 

 jection into ear of rabbit caused death. Organism recovered from blood; 

 kidneys, especially, hypertrophied and widely invaded by parasite. 



In sputum, hyphae 2-4ju, in diameter, dissociating into short, rectangular 

 arthrospores. Lateral and terminal yeast cells. On carrot and Sabouraud 

 glucose, yeast forms develop first. Later, as medium dries, mycelium of 

 septate, branched hyphae with lateral or terminal spherical chlamydospores, 

 10-11/A in diameter. 



CANDIDA 



Candida Berkhout, De Schimmelgeslachten Monilia, Oidiuni, Oospora en 

 Torula 63, 1923, excl. syn. 



The type species is Candida vidgaris Berkhout based on a culture isolated 

 by Kloecker under the name Monilia Candida but evidently not that species. 



Colonies membranous, thick, radially folded or areolate, with tufts of 

 hyphae giving the colony a velvet}^ appearance ; margins not lobulate ; blasto- 

 spores often thick-walled, similar to arthrospores, others ovoid or irregular, 

 sometimes pyriform and suggesting conidia, often very large, 7-10/a. Pseudo- 

 mycelium well developed, hyphae little branched, flexuous, not easily breaking 

 apart, ends of cells flattened, cells filled with fine oil globules. Terminal cell 

 of hypha variable, often being a chlamydospore of variable form, rarely a 

 chain of chlamydospores ; coremia abundant, verticils more or less regular, 

 composed of a few pyriform blastospores (Fig. 47, 9). 



All but one of the species of this genus so far reported attack the respira- 

 tory tract. One is suspicious that the extremely slender mycelium of C. 

 bethaliensis belongs in Actinomyces. 



Key to Species 



Only glucose and fructose fermented. 



No pellicle on liquid media. C. urinae. 



Pellicle on liquid media. C. Krusei. 

 Maltose also fermented, no pellicle. 



Cells very slender, 0.75-1.5,11 in diameter, no pellicle. C. hethaliensis. 



Cells normal, 3-4ti in diameter. C. tumefaciens. 



Sucrose also fermented but not maltose, cells 2-3. 5/i. in diameter. C. rhai. 



