1024 



ASCOMYCETES AND BASIDIOMYCETE S 



FAMILY ASPERGILLACEi^:. 



Definition. — Aspergillales with compact peridium, small sessile 

 closed perithecia. 



Type Genus. — Aspergillus Micheli, 1729. 



Classification. — The genera of the Aspergillaceae can be recognized 

 as follows:— 



A. Spores unicellular : — 



I. Perithecium beaked — Microascus. 

 II. Perithecium not beaked: — 



[a) Perithecia with appendages — Cephalotheca . 

 {b) Perithecia without appendages : — 



1. Conidiophores absent — Thelavia. 



2. Conidiophores present: — 



(a) Conidia solitary — Aphanoascus. 



(b) Conidia in chains : — 



(i.) Conidiophores simple — Emericella. 

 (ii.) Conidiophores enlarged apically and bearing 

 sterigmata : — 



(1) Sterigmata simple — Aspergillus. 



(2) Sterigmata branched — Sterigmaiocystis. 

 (iii.) Conidiophores branched: — 



(1) Sympodially branched — Eurotiopsis. 



(2) Bushy branched: — 



(a) In bundles, perithecia stalked — Penicil- 

 liopsis. 



ip) Not in bundles, perithecia sessile — 

 Penicillium. 



B. Spores bicellular — Testudina. 



We are concerned with the genera Penicillium, Aspergillus, and 

 Sterigmaiocystis, of which the following species are parasitic in 



man: 



Penicillium Link, 1809 



Sterigmaiocystis Cramer, 1869 



Aspergillus Micheli, 1725 



P. crustaceum Linnaeus, 1763. 

 P. minimum Siebenmann, 1889, 

 P. barbof Castellani, 1907. 

 P. montoyai Castellani, 1907. 

 P. pruriosum Salisbury. 

 P. brevicaiile var. hominis Brumpt and 

 Langeron, 1910. 



S. antacustica Cramer, 1859. 

 S. nidulans Eidam, 1883. 



A. fumigatus Fresenius, 1775. 



A. flavus Link, 1791. 



A. bronchialis Blumentritt, 1901. 



A. nigrescens Robin, 1851. 



A. repens De Bary, 1870. 



A. malignuslAndt, 1889. 



A. pictor R. Blanchard, 1895. 



A. barbcB Castellani, 1907. 



A. bouffardi Brumpt, 1905. 



A. herbariorum Wiggers, 1780, 



A. fontoynonti Gueguen, igog. 



