Filobasidium
Sign in to saveFilobasidium is a genus of fungi in the family Filobasidiaceae. Most species are only known from their yeast states, but some produce hyphae with haustorial cells, indicating that they are parasites of other fungi. Basidia are tubular with terminal, sessile basidiospores. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are not formed.
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GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassTremellomycetes
- OrderFilobasidiales
- FamilyFilobasidiaceae
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- Parent taxon
- Filobasidiaceae
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- Filobasidium
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- Filobasidium floriforme
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Filobasidium is a genus of fungi in the family Filobasidiaceae. Most species are only known from their yeast states, but some produce hyphae with haustorial cells, indicating that they are parasites of other fungi. Basidia are tubular with terminal, sessile basidiospores. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are not formed.
Filobasidium uniguttulatum (formerly Cryptococcus uniguttulatus) is, rarely, a human pathogen in its yeast state, causing meningitis.
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