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270 ANNALS OF THE Missourt BOTANICAL GARDEN 
in a case described by Schenk in 1898, started in the index 
finger and led to the formation of a series of subcutaneous 
abscesses connected by a chain of chronic lymphangitis along 
the arm. This new parasitic fungus was obtained by cul- 
tures from the lesions. In 1906 Beurmann (cited by Pinoy, 
'11) again called attention to this parasite occurring in mul- 
tiple, widely distributed, gummatous lesions. Sporotrichwm 
affects not only the skin and subcutaneous tissue, but also 
the mucous membrane. Intramuscular and periosteal gum- 
mas, and even pulmonary abscesses may be caused by this 
fungus. 
GLENOSPORA 
G. Graphii ТИЕТИН Vuillemin, Compt. rend. Acad. 
Paris 154:141-14 
Verticillium cie Hass & Bezold, in Siebenmann, Die 
Schimmelmykosen d. Ohres 95. 1889. 
This fungus has been reported by Hassenstein, Steudener, 
Bezold, and Siebenmann as occurring in otomycosis. In seven 
eases of otomycosis Verticillium has been incriminated four 
times. This botanical classification of the fungus was not 
certain, and has not been verified in later investigations. 
Siebenmann considers Steudener's T'richothecitum, Hallier's 
Stemphylium, and Harz and Bezold's Verticillium, as identi- 
eal organisms. Vuillemin (212) followed the development of 
the above fungus in eulture and was able to explain the diver- 
gent opinions as to its identity. No degree of regularity in 
form and position is attained by the conidia, which are dark, 
one-celled, and irregularly inserted on the mycelium like the 
eonidia of Glenospora Berk. & Curt. "This then eliminates 
as parasites of man the genera Stemphylium, Cephalothe- 
cium, Verticillium, and Ше pseudo-genus Graphium. 
The species of fungi mentioned above may be summarized 
in the following manner: 
PHYCOMYCETES 
MUCOR 
M. cornealis Saec. is M. corymbifer Cohn. 
M. corymbifer Cohn has proven toxie for rabbits and 
