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number of plant pathogens and saprophytes. It is doubtful whether any im- 

 portant animal pathogens will be found here. In the four species so 

 far reported, three are so briefly described that it is far from certain whether 

 they belong- in this group rather than in Blast otrichum or Septocylindrium. 

 Fusarium Moronei Curzi may have been a saprophyte accidentally present, 

 but it has been shown to be pathogenic. This seems a true Fusarium, of which 

 there are several hundred species described as plant pathogens. 



Fusarium Moronei Curzi, Atti 1st. Bot. K. Univ. Pa via IV, 1: 95-105, 2 

 figs., 1930; Atti 11. Accad. Naz. Lincei. Rend. CI. Sci. Fis. Mat. Nat. 11: 506- 

 508, 1930. 



From skin lesions of a dog. Mucor racemosus isolated from the same 

 lesion. Lesions begin as subepidermal vesicles which become infiltrated. 

 Pathogenic to white rats. 



Conidia falcate, end cells very attenuate ; apical cell often extended into 

 a flagellum, the basal cell ending m a conspicuous pedicel ; typically 5- 

 septate, 34-60 x 3.7-4.5/a, not less than 3-septate nor more than 7-septate. 

 Sporodochia commonly tuberculiform, 0.5-2.5 mm. in diameter, pale yellow or 

 even pseudopionnotes on the bare surface of the substrate ; or on fertile aerial 

 hyphae either sparse or crowded. Intercalary chlamydospores always present 

 in the mycelium, smooth or variously rugose, solitary or more often in chains 

 or in various formless masses. Sclerotia rare, at first creamy white, then fer- 

 ruginous, spherical, 0.5-2 mm. in diameter, composed of plectenchyma. Aerial 

 mycelium abundant, at first white or rose color, then ochraceous, at length 

 ferruginous from the numerous chlamydospores. No microconidia seen. 



Fusarium vinosum Greco, Origine des Tumeurs . . . 662-670, PI. 17, 1916. 



Isolated from lesions on nose, small nodular papules red yellowish lilac, 

 with yellowish gray crusts, confluent. Rabbit died after inoculation, but 

 author unable to isolate organism. Perhaps death caused by toxic products 

 from disintegration of inoculum. 



Mycelium 2-4/x in diameter, branched, septate. Chlamydospores ovoid, 

 up to 6/x long, or cylindric, 6 x lO/x. Conidia falciform, fusiform, 8-11 x 2-4/*, 

 up to 7 cells. 



Colonies yellowish white, reverse rose, growth rapid, cottony, agar be- 

 coming red. On Sabouraud agar, colonies radiate, red, slightly violaceous, 

 growing to 2.5 cm. in 3 days, loose cottony, grayish white above, slightly 

 yelloAvish at certain points. On carrot, the rose color is less pronounced and 

 6n potato the cottony growth is Avhiter. The organism grows, forming a thick, 

 folded pellicle on glucose peptone broth, to which the juice of a potato has 

 been added and filtered. 



This organism is too poorly described and figured to be identifiable as a 

 Fusarium. The rather poor photomicrograph suggests Endomyces, Coccidioides 

 or a similar organism, although no yeast cells were observed. 



Fusarium sp. Frei, Derm. Woch. 80 : 411-414, 1925. 



Patient 15-16 years old, contracted gonorrhea, which he treated at home 

 with injections of cow's milk. Later he noticed turbid urine, 4 months before 



