Fungus
cryptococcus
[ krip-tuh-kok-uhs ]
Subclass of:
Mitosporic Fungi; Yeasts
Etymology:
Greek kryptos = hidden + kokkos = a berry
So named because the coccus is hidden within a thick capsule.
Definitions related to cryptococcus:
  • A genus of fungi in the phylum Basidiomycota that grows in culture as an encapsulated yeast. Its sexual form is called Filobasidiella and its asexual form is called Cryptococcus.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A mitosporic Tremellales fungal genus whose species usually have a capsule and do not form pseudomycellium. Teleomorphs include Filobasidiella and Fidobasidium.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any fungal organism that is not assigned to the species level but can be assigned to the Cryptococcus genus level.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Mitosporic Tremellales fungal genus whose species usually have a capsule and do not form pseudomycellium.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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