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FUNGI IMPERFECTI 



Section 2: Parasitica Foulerton, 1910. 



The parasitic section can be classified into three subsections, as 

 follows : — 



No. 



Test. 



Subsection i : 

 Major a. 



Subsection 2: 

 Minora. 



Subsection 3: 

 Brevis. 



I 



Cultivation at 

 Kj. aiiQ 



37° C. 



Easy 



Not difficult 



Difficult at 37° C. 

 Usually nil at 

 22° C. 



2, 



Growth 



Spreading 



- 



Circumscribed 



oiignt 



3 



Efflorescence 



Bright chalky 



Dull powdery 



Usually absent 



4 



Hyplial branch- 

 ing 



Well markeu 



Poorly marked 



Rare, hypae often 

 bacilliform 



5 



Acid-fast species 



Rare 



Common 



Rare 



6 



Odour of cul- 

 tures 



Earthy or 

 mouldy 



Absent or 

 faintly as i 



Sometimes faecu- 

 lent 



7 



Liquefaction of 

 gelatine and 

 blood serum 



Often present 



Rare, and usual- 

 ly only one 

 liquefied 



Often very slight 

 indications 



8 



Potato Growth 



Usually growth 



Often no growth 



9 



Diastatic action 



Often present 



Usually absent 



Not known 



Subsection i: Majora. 

 This subsection contains the following species : — 



1. Nocardia garteni (Brumpt, 1910):— 



Cladothrix liquefaciens II. Garten, 1895. 

 Discomyces garteni Bvum-pt, igio. 



2. Nocardia liquefaciens (Hesse, 1892):- — 



Cladothrix liquefaciens Hesse, 1892. 

 Streptothrix liquefaciens (Hesse, 1892). 

 Streptothrix huccalis Goadby, 1903, nec Roger, Bory, and 

 Sartory, 1909. 



3. Nocardia modore (Thiry, 1897): — 



Cladothrix ntodori Thiry, 1897. 



Cladothrix polychromes Thiry, 1897. 



Actinomyces ruhidaureus Lachner- Sandoval, 1898. 



4. Nocardia luteola (Foulerton, 1910) 



Streptothrix luteola Foulerton, 1910. 



5. Nocardia appendicis Chalmers and Christopher son, 1916. 



Streptothrix hominis III. Foulerton, 1910. 

 Streptothrix hominis IV. Foulerton, 1906. 



