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FUNGI RELATED TO THE YEASTS 



MONILIA NIGRA. Browne 



This Torula was isolated by Browne from raw sugar. One sample 

 of such sugar, which had been sealed for three years, gave 1500 colonies 





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Fig. 163-A. Small Colonies of Manilla nigra in Various 

 Stages of Growth (after Browne). 



Fig. 163-B. Magnified Cells of Monilia Nigra. 



Below is the End of One of the Hyphae, Covered with Bud-Cells, 

 and Terminating in a Cluster of Dark Conidia. 



in 1 gram. This is one of the most destructive organisms found by 



this author in Cuban raw sugar. Browne describes the colonies on 



raw sugar agar as being, at first, small star-shaped dots which, under 



1 See reference for Torula communis. 



