Virchow first introduced the term mycosis for fungal infections. Leber (I 870) first described a case ofkeratomycosis due to Aspergillus and first established an early clinical diagnosis by mycological methods. Since his report more than thirty species of saprophytic fungi have been identified as causative agents of keratomycosis. A review of the literature for the last 20 years shows an increa...

Pycnidial fungi of the genus Ampelomyces are widespread intracellular mycoparasites of powdery mildew fungi worldwide. Their pycnidia are produced in hyphae, conidiophores and immature ascomata of their mycohosts. Thus, they suppress both the asexual and the sexual reproduction of the invaded powdery mildew mycelia, and then destroy them completely. Conidia of Ampelomyces are released from the ...

Grain storage conditions affect its quality. In Lithuania, different types of farms have various harvesting, processing and storing conditions. Grain samples were tested from agricultural granaries of 3 different types with different grain storage conditions in Lithuania. During March-April in 2001 the investigation on mycological and mycotoxicological state of stored grain from different types...

THIS is the third annual report from the Mycological Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Queen's University, and covers the work done during 1961. During the year, 1,428 specimens were examined for the presence of fungi, a slight increase (4 per cent.) over the 1960 figure. The majority of specimens (88 per cent.) again originated from hospital clinics and dermatological practice...

Adaptation is the evolutionary process that has given us the remarkable diversity of fungi and I cannot think of a theme better suited to bringing together the wide variety of topics at this congress: pathogenicity, cell biology, genomics, evolution and ecology. It is also a timely theme because the latest biological innovation, genomics, has stimulated new thinking about the types of genetic v...

In reviewing this book from the standpoint of the general practitioner or of one whose chief interest is not in Dermatology, one is immediately impressed with the great usefulness of this concise and graphic presentation of the subject. As the authors declare, the work is intended primarily for students, and the effort has been to produce a volume which would cover the fundamentals of Dermatolo...

BACKGROUND Tinea infections are fungal infections of the skin caused by dermatophytes. It is estimated that 10% to 20% of the world population is affected by fungal skin infections. Sites of infection vary according to geographical location, the organism involved, and environmental and cultural differences. Both tinea corporis, also referred to as 'ringworm' and tinea cruris or 'jock itch' are ...