Phylum:Anamorphic fungi >> Class: Anamorphic fungi >>  Order: Anamorphic fungi 
   
 
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 Scientific Name: Cryptococcus magnus
 
   
   
 Author:

Cryptococcus magnus (Lodder & Kreger-van Rij) Baptist & Kurtzman, Mycologia 68: 1195-1203. 1976.

Synonym: Cryptococcus laurentii (Kufferath) C. E. Skinner var. magnus Lodder & Kreger-van Rij 1952.

   
 
 
 
 
 Description: Growth on YM agar: After 7 days at 26°C, colonies were cream-colored, the surface was highly glossy, smooth and the texture slimy. The margin was entire. A thin ring and a little sediment began to form. After one month a moderate ring and a little sediment were present. After 3 days at 26°C, the cells were ovoid, single or in pairs, 4.0-5.0 × 7.0-9.0 μm. Dalmau plate culture on Corn Meal Agar: No pseudomycelium and true mycelium were present.
 
 
 
 
 
 Specimens:

Taiwan, Taichung: DaDu-Shan, Tunghai University, On leaves of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, 06 Feb 2001, HG1-1.

 
 
 
 Habitat: air, plant leaves.
 
 
 
 Distribution:

Netherlands, Taiwan.

 
 
 
 References:

Yang, SH and Wang, PH. 2003; Fell, JW and Statzell-Tallman, A. 2000.

   
   
   
 Provided:

P. H. Wang

 
 
 Note: We found that the reactions of D-glucosamine and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine were positive rather than negative, the reactions of inulin and melibiose were weak rather than negative as reported in the original description (Fell and Statezell-Tallman, 2000).