Phylum：Basidiomycota　>>　Class： Basidiomycetes　>>　 Order： Tremellales 
   
 
　BCRC Number： NO BCRC Number!  
   
　Scientific Name： Cryptococcus flavescens
 
   
   
　Author：

Cryptococcus flavescens (Kufferath)C.E. Skinner (1950)
   
 
 
 
 
　Description： Growth in glucose-yeast extract-peptone broth: After 3 days at 25 ℃, the cells are ellipsoidal (3.7-8.2×3.3-5.5 μm), and occur singly or in pairs. Vegetative reproduction is accomplished by multilateral budding. Sediment is present. Growth on yeast extract-malt extract agar: After 7 days at 25℃, streak cultures are creamy, butyrous, smooth, convex, glistening and entire. Dalmau plate culture on corn meal agar: On Dalmau plate cultures on corn meal agar after 10 days at 25 ℃, neither pseudomycelium nor true mycelium is formed under the cover glass. Formation of basidiospores: After 10 days at 18 ℃ on CM agar, YM agar, McClary’s acetate agar, malt extract agar, and V8 agar, sexual spores are absent.
 
 
 
 
 
　Specimens：

SF1S06, soil, Jian, Hualien, Taiwan, 2006; ES22S02, soil, Sinyi, Nantou, Taiwan, 2007; EN1S04, soil, Meishan, Chia-I, Taiwan, 2007; EN17S01, soil, Sinyi, Nantou, Taiwan, 2007; EN18S08, soil, Sinyi, Nantou, Taiwan, 2007; EN22S05, soil, Sinyi, Nantou, Taiwan, 2007; GJ1S11, soil, Wutai, Pingtung, Taiwan, 2008; GJ2S06, soil, Wutai, Pingtung, Taiwan, 2008; GY2S09, soil, Liouguei, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2008; GY6S06, soil, Taoyuan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2008; GY10S11, soil, Taoyuan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2008
 
 
 
　Habitat： Soil, atmosphere, bottle, lung patient, wheat and maize, palmwine, black oak, grapes, beans, brine bath, leaf, shrimp, plants, sea water
 
 
 
　Distribution：

Taiwan, Japan, France, USA, Italy.
 
 
 
　References：

Skinner, C.E., 1950. Am. Midl. Nat. 43: 242-250.
   
   
   
　Provided：

C. F. Lee
 
 
　Note： This species is placed in biological safety level 1.