Abstract
A search was made for keratinophilic fungi on feathers removed from living birds. Twenty-nine isolates of Arthroderma curreyi were obtained, all from blackbirds, and only one each of conidial A. quadrifidum (Trichophyton terrestre) and conidial Ctenomyces serratus. An isolate of A. curreyi grew well when inoculated into sterile soils, but when inoculated into unsterile soil it showed no growth away from its food source within a month although it produced abundant cleistocarps. C. serratus is regarded as a soil inhabitant, capable of active growth, while A. curreyi is described as being capable only of saprophytic survival in the soil.
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