Naganishia albida | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Tremellomycetes |
Order: | Filobasidiales |
Family: | Filobasidiaceae |
Genus: | Naganishia |
Species: | N. albida
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Binomial name | |
Naganishia albida (Saito) X.Z. Liu, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. &
Boekhout (2015)
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Synonyms | |
Torula albida Saito (1922) |
Naganishia albida (synonym Cryptococcus albidus)[1] is a species of fungus in the family Filobasidiaceae. It is currently only known from its yeast state. The species was originally isolated from the air in Japan, and has subsequently been isolated from dry moss in Portugal, grasshoppers in Portugal, and tubercular lungs.[2]