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Cryptococcus
Cryptococcus (Greek for "hidden sphere") is a genus of fungus. These fungi grow in culture as yeasts. The sexual forms or teleomorphs of Cryptococcus species are filamentous fungi in the genus Filobasidiella. The name Cryptococcus is used when referring to the yeast states of the fungi.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Cryptococcus luteus
speciesCryptococcus luteus
Cryptococcus neoformans
speciesCryptococcus neoformans
Cryptococcus gattii
speciesCryptococcus gattii
Cryptococcus amylolentus
speciesCryptococcus amylolentus
Cryptococcus bacillisporus
speciesCryptococcus bacillisporus
Cryptococcus decagattii
speciesCryptococcus decagattii
Cryptococcus deneoformans
speciesCryptococcus deneoformans
Cryptococcus depauperatus
speciesCryptococcus depauperatus
Cryptococcus deuterogattii
speciesCryptococcus deuterogattii
Cryptococcus tetragattii
speciesCryptococcus tetragattii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 464082.