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MISCELLANEOUS FUNGI IMPERFECTI 829 



Isolated from ^niniiuita ;iiul ulcci's in num. 



Hyphae repent, 1-1. 5/x in diameter, branched, cells 11.4-15.2^ lonp;, hyaline; 

 conidiophores simple, one-celled, 20-60 x ].3-1.5y^i; conidia in terminal spherical 

 heads, 7.6-16. 2/x in diameter, hyaline; conidia ovoid hyaline, 3.0 x 1.5/a. 



On Gruetz agar (8% glucose), colony flat, gray white, becoming 5-6 cm. 

 in 6 weeks, gray to dark gray with smooth moist folds. Similar on potato and 

 carrot. Dark brown pigment diffusing on maltose broth. Litmus milk re- 

 duced, gelatin not liquefied; acid produced in glucose, fructose, dextrin, and 

 inulin. Optimum temperature 18°-20°, no growth at 37° C. 



Cephalosporiuin Boydii Shear apud Boyd & Crutchfield, Amer. Jour. 

 'Prop. Med. 1: 258-268, 1921; Mycologia 14: 242, 1922. 



Imperfect stage of Allescheria Boydii Shear (see p. 652). 



Cephalosporium niveolanosum Benedek, Arch. Derm. Syphilis 154: 166, 

 1928. 



Isolated from a case of dermatitis in Leipzig. 



Hyphae repent, 1.0-1.5/i, in diameter, branched, cells 20-30yu long, hyaline; 

 conidiophores erect, simple, 30-70 x 1.0-1.3/a; heads spherical, 5.2-15.2/a in diam- 

 eter, hyaline ; conidia ovoid, 5.2 x 2.6/a. 



On 8% glucose agar, potato, and carrot, colony snow white, woolly with 

 coremia which become 10-12 mm. high ; good growth on liquid media, litmus 

 milk reduced, gelatin liquefied; acid on starch only. No growth at 37°, opti- 

 mum temperature 18°-20° C. 



Cephalosporium rubrobrunneum Nannizzi, Tratt. Micopat. Umana [Pol- 

 lacci] 4: 455, 1934. 



Cephalosporium ruhrohrunneum cerebriforme Hartmanni Benedek, Arch. 

 Derm. Syphilis 154: 166, 1928. 



Cephalosporium kiliense Hartmann (pro parte), Derm. Woch. 82: 565, 1926 

 (see footnote, p. 828). 



Acremonium sp. Ballagi, Arch. Derm. Syphilis 166: 405-407, 2 figs., 1932. 



Isolated from a ease of dermatitis in Frankfurt a.M., Germany. Probably 

 the case of Lehner (1932) studied by Ballagi (1932) belongs here. 



Hyphae repent, 1.5-2/a in diameter, branched, cells 20-25ju.; conidiophores 

 erect, unicellular or septate at the base, simple, 30-60 x 1.3-1.5/a; conidia in 

 heads 5.2-15.6/i, in diameter; conidia spherical or short ovoid, 3 x 2/x. 



Colonies on 8% glucose, on potato, or on carrot, grayish white with deep 

 radial depressions becoming 4-5 cm. in diameter in 6 weeks, dirty gray with 

 white center, and finally red brown in 2-3 months. Litmus milk reduced, 

 gelatin liquefied, acid on glucose, fructose, galactose, dextrin, and inulin. Op- 

 timum temperature 18°-20° C, no growth at 37° C. 



Cephalosporiuin Stuehmeri Schmidt & Beyma in Beyma, Centralbl. Bakt. 

 I, 130: 102-105, 3 figs., 1933. 



Isolated from eczematoid infection of the skin, Germany. Pathogenicity 

 for experimental animals not reported. 



