MICROSPORON FURFUR. 



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gated this organism some years ago, and found that in culture 

 it very closely resembled the tubercle bacillus. Since then 

 many bacteriologists look upon these two varieties and also 

 the glanders bacillus as streptothrixes or mycobacteria. 

 Other members of this group are Streptothrix madurce, Strep- 

 tothrix farcince, Streptothrix flcersteri, and Streptothrix pseudo- 

 tuberculosa. 



FIG. 62. 



Achorion SchoenleinU. (After Kaposi.) 



Moulds which closely resemble the mucorini are the Ach- 

 orion Schoenleinii (Fig. 62), the cause of favus ; Tricophyton 



FIG. 63. 



Trichophylon tonsurans. Diagrammatic. (Lehmann.) 



tonsurans (Fig. 63), the cause of herpes tonsurans ; and Micro- 

 sporon furfur (Fig. 64), the cause of pityriasis versicolor. 

 The filamentous fungi are examined best in an unstained 



