Cryptococcosis

Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated yeastlike fungus that can live in both plants and animals. This species, also known by its teleomorph name, Filobasidiella neoformans, belongs to the broad class of organisms called "club fungi" or Division Basidiomycota, which is one the five major types of fungi. C. neoformans usually grows as a yeast (unicellular) and replicates by budding. Under certain conditions, both in nature and in the laboratory, C. neoformans can grow as a filamentous fungus as pictured here: picture of the organism . When grown as a yeast, C. more...