PARASITIC FUNGI AND MOULDS. 



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The pelade fungus develops in the superficial 

 horny layer of the epidermis, on the surface of the 

 epidermic cells, and in their interstices. It does not 

 penetrate the hair-follicles, and is only occasionally 

 found on the hairs, in which case it is fastened to the 

 detached pellicles of the epidermis, not to the interior 



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Fig. 30.— Hair affected by the 

 rapid progress of PelacU 

 decalvante. It is surrounded 

 by epidertnic cells charged 

 with spores (x 208 diam.). 



Fig. 31. — Isolated spores, taken firom 

 patches of pelade : 1, 2, 3, 4, large 

 spores; 6, budding spores; 6, 7. 8, 

 empty spores; 9 to 12, small spores 

 (x 1000 diam.). 



of the hair (Figs. 29, 30). It is composed entirely of 

 the round spores already described, which are re- 

 produced by budding (Fig. 31). 



The Fwngus of Pityriasis capitis si/mplex. — It is 

 very similar to the foregoing, and is likewise seated 



