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A. terricola Marchal. A culture belonging to this group was isolated by 
Scales^^ from redland soil in Georgia and discussed under the name A. terri- 
cola Marchal. This culture shows the characteristic morphology of the 
group but differs in shade of color and in it's smaller measurements of stalk, 
vesicle, and head. It bears about the same relation to A. tamari as de- 
scribed above that A. parasiticus of Speare does to A. fiavus as accepted 
by Wehmer. The color recorded by Marchal, umbrinus, readily separates 
the culture when compared to the colors found in the other members of 
the group, but the composition of this color shows close relationship to 
that of A. tamari when analyzed in Ridgway's plates. 
Scales' culture was submitted to Marchal, who designates the form as 
A. terricola var. Americana Marchal, distinguished as follows: 
A. terricola var. Americana Marchal n. var. "The dimensions of the 
vesicles 14 to 20 instead of 30 to 50, of the sterigmata 5.6 to 10.5 by 2.2 /x 
instead of 12 to 15 by 4 to 7 m; the spores only very delicately verrucose, 
separate your fungus from A. terricola,'' 
A culture nearly related in color and morphology was described by Mrs. 
Patterson^^ as A. umbrinus. The original material and cultures appear to 
have been lost, and the description lacks details which would decide its 
exact status. 
Nomenclature of the A. tamari series. Kita^^ described as A. tamari a 
culture discovered as a contamination in a Japanese fermented product, 
tamari-koji. Numerous cultures of American origin show the morphology 
of A. tamari Kita. This identification has been confirmed by conference 
in which Kita examined a whole series of these strains in culture. The 
possibility that the organism had been previously described remained for 
consideration. From its brown color, its identification with S. castanea 
Patterson^^ seemed possible until Mrs. Patterson's exsiccati had been 
examined and were shown to belong to the A. niger group. Upon some 
media the young heads become definitely orange before becoming brown. 
This change, together with the pitted stalk and double sterigmata, suggested 
A. fulvus Montagne^^ which was described in connection with silkworm 
diseases in southern France in 1849, but has not been reported since. Von 
HohneP^ however, described A . citrisporus with similar heads from excre- 
Scales, F. M. The enzyms of Aspergillus terricola. Jour. Biol. Chem. 19: 259-272. 
1914. 
Marchal, E. Sur une espece nouvelle du genre Aspergillus Micheli, A. terricola^ 
Rev. Mycol. 15: 101-3. 1893. 
^3 Patterson, F. W. New species of fungi. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 284. 1900. 
^ Kita, G. Einige japanische Schimmelpilze. Centralbl. Bakt. II, 37: 433-452. 
1913- 
Patterson loc. cit.; also exsiccati in pathological collections, U. S. Dept. Agr. 
^^Montagne, C. Plantes cellulaires: Cent. VI, no. 82. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. Ill, 12: 
298. 1849. 
Von Hohnel, F. Fragments zur Mykologie, I. Mittheilung. Sitzungsber. K. Akad. 
Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturw. Kl. I, iii: 987-1056. 1902. 
