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FUNGI IMPERFECTI 



is said to have lateral as well as temiinal conidia, and is classified 

 here as a cryptococcus. 



The genus ' Par asacchar only ces ' de Beurmann and Gougerot, 

 1909, v/ith its ST^Qoie^^Parasaccharomyces havteri Verdun, 1912, found 

 in a case of enteritis with hepatic, bronchial, and cutaneous lesions, 

 has not merely yeast-like forms, but septate hyphse, but it is not 

 known whether it develops terminal conidia in chains, and there- 

 fore it may, at present, correctly be placed in the genus Crypto- 

 coccus until more is known about it; and the same remarks apply, 

 we think, to Parendomyces Querat and Laroche, 1909. 



Fig. 564. Fig. 565- Fig- 566. 



Fig. 564. — Monilia zeylanica Castellani. Glucose Agar Culture. 

 Fig. $6$.— Monilia bronchialis Castellani. Glucose Agar Culture. 

 Fig. 566. — Monilia nivea Castellani. Glucose Agar Culture. 



Remarks.^ — -A number of species belonging to this genus are 

 known to exist in nature growing on decomposing wood, dead leaves, 

 and fruits. 



The number of species known to infect man has been considerably 

 extended during recent years by Castellani. The MoniUas are of 

 importance in that they are considered to be the setiological agents 

 of thrush, bronchomycosis [pro parte), some dermatomycoses, and, 

 according to certain authors, of sprue. 



Type Species. — ^It is difficult to know which is really the type 

 species of this genus, but probably it is Monilia auvea (Link, 1791). 



