Name:		Cryptococcus Vuill., Rev. Gén. Sci. Pures Appl. 12 (1901) page 741 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Cryptococcus Kütz. (1833) Atelosaccharomyces Beurm. & Gougerot (1909) Naganishia Goto (1963) Melanocryptococcus Della Torre & Cif. (1964) Vanrijia R.T. Moore (1980)
Status:		Genus, anamorph (hyphomycete)
Taxonomic position:		Tremellaceae Fr. [Family] Tremellales Fr. [Order] Tremellomycetes Hibbett, Matheny & Manfr. Binder [Class] Agaricomycotina Doweld [Subdivision / Subphylum] Basidiomycota R.T. Moore [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Cryptococcus aerius (Saito) Nann. Cryptococcus albidosimilis Vishniac & Kurtzman Cryptococcus alvearis Preuss Cryptococcus amylolentus (Van der Walt, D.B. Scott & Klift) Golubev Cryptococcus anguillulae (P.A. Dang.) Nann. Cryptococcus anobii Guég. Cryptococcus antarcticus Vishniac & Kurtzman Cryptococcus aquaticus (E.B.G. Jones & Slooff) Rodr. Mir. & Weijman Cryptococcus asgardensis Vishniac & Baharaeen Cryptococcus ater Cryptococcus bacillaris (Kroemer & Krumbholz) C.E. Skinner Cryptococcus bacillisporus Kwon-Chung & J.E. Benn. Cryptococcus bainieri Sartory Cryptococcus baldrensis Vishniac & Baharaeen Cryptococcus bemasconii Fontoyn. & Boucher Cryptococcus bhutanensis Goto & Sugiy. Cryptococcus bronchialis (Cif. & Redaelli) Nann. Cryptococcus burnieri Nann. Cryptococcus candidus (Saito) C.E. Skinner Cryptococcus castellanii (Re) Castell. Cryptococcus cavarae Pollacci & Turconi Cryptococcus cereanus Phaff et al. Cryptococcus cicadanim Cryptococcus clava Wedl Cryptococcus colliculosus (M. Hartmann) C.E. Skinner Cryptococcus conglobatus (Cif. & Red.) Poll. & Nann. Cryptococcus consortionis Vishniac Cryptococcus cooperi C.W. Dodge Cryptococcus copellii Neveu-Lem. Cryptococcus corallinus Sartory, R. Sartory, Hufschm. & J. Mey. Cryptococcus cornealis Nann. Cryptococcus costantini Guég. Cryptococcus curiosus (Komag. & Nakase) Rodr. Mir. & Weijman Cryptococcus curvatus (Diddens & Lodder) Golubev Cryptococcus dactyliferus (Mrak, Phaff & Vaughn) C.E. Skinner & Bouth. Cryptococcus dattilus (Kluyver) C.E. Skinner Cryptococcus degenerans (Roncoli) Vuill. Cryptococcus dimennae Fell & Phaff Cryptococcus dubius (Cif. & Redaelli) Nann. Cryptococcus eguttulatus Pollacci & Nann. Cryptococcus elinovii Golubev Cryptococcus elongatus (Mattlet) Nann. Cryptococcus farciminosus Rivolta & Micelloni Cryptococcus favrei (M. Ota) Pollacci & Nann. Cryptococcus feraegula Saëz & Rodr. Mir. Cryptococcus fermentans (Mrak & McClung) C.E. Skinner & Bouth. Cryptococcus flavescens (Saito) C.E. Skinner Cryptococcus flavus (Saito) Phaff & Fell Cryptococcus fontoynontii Vuill. Cryptococcus friedmannii Vishniac Cryptococcus fuscescens Golubev Cryptococcus fuscus Fontoyn. & Boucher Cryptococcus gammari Goodrich Cryptococcus gastricus Reiersöl & di Menna Cryptococcus genitalis Castell. Cryptococcus gilchristi Vuill. Cryptococcus gilvescens Chernov & Babeva Cryptococcus glabratus H.W. Anderson Cryptococcus glutinis Fresen. Cryptococcus gotoi C.W. Dodge Cryptococcus gotti-brazzolae Guég. Cryptococcus gougerotii-ganceae Nann. Cryptococcus gracilioides Castell. Cryptococcus graciloides Castell. Cryptococcus granulomatogenes (San Felice) Vuill. ex Guég. Cryptococcus gropengiersseri (F.C. Harrison) C.E. Skinner Cryptococcus guttulatus C.P. Robin Cryptococcus harteri Verdun Cryptococcus hempflingii Vishniac & Baharaeen Cryptococcus heveanensis (Groen.) Baptist & Kurtzman Cryptococcus himalayensis Goto & Sugiy. Cryptococcus hinnuleus R.G. Shivas & Rodr. Mir. Cryptococcus histolyticus (J.L. Stoddart & Cutler) Castell. Cryptococcus holmii (A. Jörg.) C.E. Skinner Cryptococcus hominis Vuill. ex Guég. Cryptococcus hondurianus Cryptococcus huempii (C. Ramírez & A.E. González) Roeijmans, Eijk & Yarrow Cryptococcus humicola (Dasz.) Golubev Cryptococcus hungaricus (Zsolt) Phaff & Fell Cryptococcus infiltrans (Casagrandi & Santori) Nann. Cryptococcus infirmominiatus (Okun.) Phaff & Fell Cryptococcus interdigitalis Poll. & Nann. Cryptococcus intermedius (Cif. & Ashford) Nann. Cryptococcus irritans Mattlet Cryptococcus jeanselmei Burnier & Langeron Cryptococcus kartulisii Castell. Cryptococcus kayongosi (Mattlet) Nann. Cryptococcus kefyr (Beij.) C.E. Skinner Cryptococcus kleinii E. Cohn ex Guég. Cryptococcus krausii M. Ota Cryptococcus kutzingii Fell & Phaff Cryptococcus lacrymeatus Jeaume Cryptococcus lactativorus Fell & Phaff Cryptococcus lactis (Adametz) Nann. Cryptococcus laryngitidis Sartory, Petges & Claqué Cryptococcus linguae-pilosae (Lucet) Vuill. ex Guég. Cryptococcus lipoferus (Den Dooren) C.E. Skinner Cryptococcus lithogenes (San Felice) Vuill. ex Guég. Cryptococcus lupi Baharaeen & Vishniac Cryptococcus luteolus (Saito) C.E. Skinner Cryptococcus macerans (Freder.) Phaff & Fell Cryptococcus macroglossiae Castell. Cryptococcus magnus (Lodder & Kreger) Baptist & Kurtzman Cryptococcus malassezii (Sabour.) Benedek Cryptococcus marinus (Uden & Zobell) Golubev Cryptococcus mekundu Mattlet Cryptococcus melibiosum (Shifrine & Phaff) Phaff & Fell Cryptococcus membranogenes (Steinhaus) Vuill. Cryptococcus mena Fontoyn. & Boucher Cryptococcus meningitidis C.W. Dodge Cryptococcus metaniger Castell. Cryptococcus minor Pollacci & Nann. Cryptococcus mirandei Cryptococcus mitis S. Mazza, Stabile & Feijoo Cryptococcus molischianus (Zikes) C.E. Skinner Cryptococcus mugera Mattlet Cryptococcus muris Shortt Cryptococcus nasalis (F.C. Harrison) C.W. Dodge Cryptococcus neoformans (San Felice) Vuill. Cryptococcus niger Vuill. Cryptococcus nigricans M.A. Rich & A.M. Stern Cryptococcus nudans Pashev, V. Kostov & Abadj. Cryptococcus otae Nann. Cryptococcus ovalis Vuill. Cryptococcus pachydermatis (Fox) Nann. Cryptococcus pararoseus Castell. Cryptococcus parasitarius (Trab.) Guég. Cryptococcus pettitii (Hranova) Nann. Cryptococcus phylloplanus R.G. Shivas & Rodr. Mir. Cryptococcus pinoysimilis Castell. Cryptococcus plimmeri Castagne ex Guég. Cryptococcus podzolicus (Babeva & Reshetova) Golubev Cryptococcus psichrophylicus Niño Cryptococcus psicrofilicus Niño Cryptococcus psoriasis Rivolta Cryptococcus pyogenes Mattlet Cryptococcus quasilinguae-pilosae Cooper Cryptococcus radiatus Sartory, R. Sartory & J. Mey. Cryptococcus rogerii Sartory & Demanche Cryptococcus rotundatus (Redaelli) Nann. Cryptococcus rubrorugosus Castell. Cryptococcus salmoneus Sartory Cryptococcus sennae Thüm. Cryptococcus septicus (Gaetano) C.W. Dodge Cryptococcus skinneri Phaff & Do Carmo-Sousa Cryptococcus skutetzkyi M. Ota Cryptococcus socialis Vishniac Cryptococcus stellatus (Kroemer & Krumbholz) C.E. Skinner Cryptococcus terreus di Menna Cryptococcus terricola T.A. Pedersen Cryptococcus tokishigei Vuill. Cryptococcus tonsillae (Carn.-Ricci & Redaelli) Nann. Cryptococcus tonsillarum Nann. Cryptococcus tsukubaensis (Onishi) Rodr. Mir. & Weijman Cryptococcus tyrolensis Vishniac & Baharaeen Cryptococcus uniguttulatus (Wolfram & Zach) Phaff & Fell Cryptococcus uvae Pollacci & Nann. Cryptococcus varians (Carn.-Ricci) Nann. Cryptococcus vishniacii Vishniac & Hempfling Cryptococcus wrightensis Vishniac & Baharaeen Cryptococcus xanthogenicus Freire Cryptococcus yarrowii A. Fonseca & Uden
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (15 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]