TORULEAE 



671) 



Several have referred Sporotriclium Lecante Beiinnaiiii & Gougerot to 

 synonymy with this species, but I have been unable to locate the original 

 description of Benrmann & Gougerot. 



Dematium Sakuranei (Jannin) Dodge, n. comb. 



Oidium sp. Sakurane, Arcli. Derm. Syphilis 78: 211-221, 1906. 



Mycoderma Sakuranei Jannin, Les Mycodemia . . . 247, 248, 1913. 



Cryptococcus Sal-uranei Froilano de Mello & Gonzaga Fernandes, Arq. 

 Hig. Pat. Exot. 6: 293, 297, 1918. 



Monilia Sakuranei Vuillemin, Champ. Parasit. Homme Anim. 86, 1931. 



Geotrichum Sakuranei Almeida, Annaes Fac. Med. Sao Paulo 9: 12, 1933. 



Isolated from cold subcutaneous abscess in a nine-year-old girl in Japan. 

 Neoformation of cell tissue, ulceration of dermis, and painless tumefaction of 

 lymphatic ganglia. Mycelium apparent on direct examination. Pathogenicity 

 not clearly established. 



Hypliae and ovoid to spherical cells. True arthrospores seen but no true 

 conidia. Hyphae branched, septate on potato and sugar media. 



On ordinary agar, colonies brownish black, circular, more or less irregu- 

 lar, becoming hemispheric, hard, surface spongy, Avithout special elevations, 

 becoming moister in age, easily separable, the colony then consisting prin- 

 cipally of arthrospores. On glucose agar, brownish black or dark green, hard, 

 adherent, covered with a thin, gray mycelium which finally becomes brownish 

 black. On potato, colony gray green with gray aerial mycelium at the per- 

 iphery, growing deep into the medium. On gelatin, colony greenish brown, 

 granular, growth slow, no aerial mycelium, no liquefaction. On glucose broth 

 and milk, spongy flocci below, dark brownish black, hard pellicle on surface. 

 Milk not coagulated. 



Doubtful Position 



The following species may belong in Dematium or in Torula, but it is too 

 poorly described for certain determination. 



Aspergillus caxbonarius seu ater Meis & Parascandalo, Gaz. Ospedali 16: 

 769-772, 1895. 



Isolated from a case of diphtheria in a dog. Appears to be a contaminant 

 and not pathogenic. 



Mycelium not septate, branched. Fertile hypha swollen at apex; spores 

 in chains, "surrounded by a membrane," 5-7/a in diameter, black. Hyphae 

 and mycelium also black. 



Optimum temperature for growth 30°-37° C, growth ceasing at 60° C. 

 Growth good on agar, poor on potato, none on egg albumen. On gelatin, small 

 colonies resembling coffee beans. Growth rapid on prune decoction and bread, 

 also on Naegeli's solution. Glucose and sucrose fermented. Gas evolved with 

 gelatin. 



This is obviously not a species of Aspergillus since it has black mycelium. 

 It is too pooi-ly described to identify, but probably is a saprophytic Dematium. 



