Translingual

Proper noun

Cryptococcus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tremellaceae – principally soil-dwelling yeast fungi, but certain species cause cryptococcosis or meningitis in mammals including humans.
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 Eriococcidae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum ; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Condylognatha - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Sternorrhyncha - suborder; Coccoidea - superfamily; Eriococcidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus in Tremellaceae): Cryptococcus neoformans - type species; for other species see Cryptococcus at MycoBank.
• (genus in Eriococcidae): For species see Cryptococcus (Eriococcidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

fungus

• Cryptococcus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cryptococcus (Tremellaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cryptococcus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cryptococcus at MycoBank
• Cryptococcus on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Cryptococcus at Encyclopedia of Life
• Filobasidiella/Cryptococcus neoformans species complex at National Center for Biotechnology Information

insect

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

English

Cryptococcus neoformans

Wikispecies

Noun

cryptococcus ‎(plural cryptococci)

1. Any soil fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, some of which are pathogenic.