790 MEDICAL MYCOLOGY 



Aleurisma Vuillemini, Grigorakis, Fayet & Magrou, C. R. Soc. Biol. 95: 

 649-651, 1926. 



From lesions in dog similar to those caused by Microsporum canis. 



Aleurospores 2-4.5 x 2.3/*, spherical to ovoid, germinating with 1-3 germ 

 tubes. Whole cycle uninucleate as far as observed. 



At first smooth, cafe-au-lait, then white. On liquid media, a ring and thick 

 pellicle with white surface and cafe-au-lait color below. On malt gelatin, a red 

 pigment in stripes or patches is produced and medium liquefied, the whole 

 then becoming chocolate colored. 



Doubtful Position 



The following incompletely described species probably belong here but 

 may belong in the imperfect Eremascaceae. They do not belong in Glenospora 

 by any definition current in mycology or medical literature. 



Aleurisma metaeuropeum (Castellani) Dodge, n. comb. 



Glenospora metaeuropea Castellani, Med. Press Circular 136 : 440, 1933 ; 

 Jour. Trop. Med. Hyg. 36: 309, 310, Figs. 30-33, 1933. 



Originally isolated from a case of dermal blastomycosis contracted in the 

 Balkans. Later isolated from a woman in Italy following an injection of cam- 

 phorated oil in the buttock, which produced ulcers that extended slowly, 

 causing large cavities with granulomatous margins and finally affecting the 

 sacrum and some vertebrae. Cured by prolonged treatment with massive 

 doses of potassium iodide. 



Hyphae septate, 2-6//, in diameter, aleurospores terminal, subspheric, 6-10/i,, 

 or ovoid, 8.4 x 3.5/i,. 



On glucose agar, colonies white and fluffy. No pigmentation of mannitol 

 agar. No fermentation or acid production with carbohydrates, no action on 

 milk. Gelatin liquefied. 



Aleurisma metamericanum (Castellani) Dodge, n. comb. 



Glenospora metamericana, Castellani, Jour. Trop. J\Ied. Hyg. 36: 310, 311. 

 Fig. 34, 1933. 



* ' Blastomycosis. ' ' 



Hyphae septate, 1.7-2/x intercalary chlamydospores occasional ; lateral 

 aleurospores spherical or ovoid, 3-6// in larger diameter. 



On glucose agar, growth sometimes moist, center vermiculate with fur- 

 rows. No pigmentation on mannitol agar, gelatin liquefied promptly. 



Perhaps this species should be placed in Proteomyces, but it is too poorly 

 described to place it definitely. 



AleurismBi breve (Castellani) Dodge, n. comb. 



Glenospora hrevis Castellani, Jour. Trop. Med. Hyg. 36: 311, Fig. 3.5, 1933. 



Isolated from a case of blastomj^cosis in America. 



Aleurospores lateral, spherical, 3.5-8/i, on short sterigmata. 



Growth good on ordinary media, no pigmentation on ordinary media, gel- 

 atin not liquefied in the first two weeks. 



