Cryptococcus

See also: cryptococcus

Translingual

Cryptococcus neoformans

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden, secret”) +‎ κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).

Proper noun

Cryptococcus m

1. Principally soil-dwelling yeast fungi, but certain species cause cryptococcosis or meningitis in mammals including humans:
   1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tremellaceae.
   2. A taxonomic genus within the family Cryptococcaceae.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Eriococcidae – certain scale insects, soft scales, some of which are pests in agriculture.

Synonyms

• (genus in Tremellaceae): Filobasidiella (teleomorph)

Hypernyms

• (genus in Tremellaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Basidiomycota – phylum; Agaricomycotina - subphylum; Tremellomycetes - class; Tremellales - order; Tremellaceae - family
• (genus in Cryptococcaeae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Basidiomycota – phylum; Agaricomycotina - subphylum; Tremellomycetes - class; Tremellales - order; Cryptococcaceae - family
• (genus in Eriococcidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Paraneoptera - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Sternorrhyncha - suborder; Coccoidea - superfamily; Eriococcidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus in Tremellaceae or Cryptococcaeae): Cryptococcus neoformans - type species
• (genus in Eriococcidae): For species see Cryptococcus (Eriococcidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Further reading

fungus

• Cryptococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cryptococcus (Tremellaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cryptococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cryptococcus at MycoBank
• Cryptococcus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Cryptococcus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Cryptococcus at Index Fungorum

insect

• Cryptococcus (insect) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cryptococcus (Eriococcidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Eriococcidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cryptococcus at the Catalogue of Life 
• Cryptococcus at National Center for Biotechnology Information