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MEDICAL MYCOLOGY 



Monosporium apiospermum Saccardo, Ann. Myc. 9: 254, 1911; Kadaeli, 

 Giorn. Ital. Mai. Yen. Pelle 52: 109-116, 1 pL, 1911. 



Scedosporium apiospermum Saccardo, 1914. 



Aleurisma apiospermum Maire apud Montpellier & Gouillon, BuU. Soc. 

 Path. Exot. 14: 285-290, 1921. 



Indiella americana Delamare & Gatti, C. R. Acad. Sci. April, 1929 ; fide 

 Pena, Rev. Med. Cirurg-. Brasil 38: 142-147, 1 fig., 1930, who studied their 

 culture. 



Isolated from cutaneous granuloma of the human foot, North America, 

 Brazil, and Europe. 



Fig. 132. — Monosporium spinosuyn Bonorden. (After Saccardo.) 



Hyphae white, then slightly fuscous, cottony ; conidiophores not erect ; 

 vaguely and sparingly branched, sparingly septate, 2.5-3yu,, branches ascending, 

 slightly attenuate, terminated by a single conidium each ; conidia unicellular, 

 pyriform, oblong or obovoid, truncate at base, 11 x 5.6-5.7/t, rarely almost 

 spherical, guttulate, smooth, hyaline at first becoming light dirty rose yellow. 

 Selerotia abundant in tissues of host and on certain culture media (Pig. 133). 



Colonies on Sabouraud agar after 5 days, of lentil size, raised, covered 

 with a white velvet, surrounded on the eighth day by a circular furrow, center 

 finally pale chamois in color with remainder a brown yellow. On potato 

 growth same as above, but more luxuriant, substrate blackening on fifth day. 

 On carrot the same, carrot blackening in 10 days. Growth on com, barley, 

 or oats white, cottony, becoming mouse gray and arachnoid. Similar growth 

 on bread crumbs, but deeper part greenish. Same, but less luxuriant, on 



