Torulopsis or Cryptococcus?

Eighty Years of Mycopathologia: A Retrospective Analysis of Progress Made in Understanding Human and Animal Fungal Pathogens

“…Taxonomy and classification especially related to yeasts dominated the initial volumes of Mycopathologia [120][121][122][123], and there was an appeal to unify taxonomy, a theme familiar to many of us even today (Table 1) [124,125]. However, the high-impact contributions to taxonomy and classification in the coming decades were not that many except for the two remarkable contributions on the black yeasts and the serological approaches to yeast classification based upon cell surface antigens (Table 3) [126,127].…”

Cryptococcus and Cryptococcosis in the Twenty-First Century

“…During this period, the fungus has continued to intrigue physicians and laboratory scientists with its unusual forms, widespread occurrence in specialized niches and varied manifestations of its disease in healthy and immunodeficient individuals. The 1937 inaugural issue of Mycopathologia had a rather interesting take on this pathogen wherein Lodder argued that Cryptoccocus represents a ''nomen dubium'' and a ''nomen confusum'' and proposed that this generic name should be avoided in yeast taxonomy [9]. Much has changed in the intervening years as taxonomy of Cryptococcus, and especially C. neoformans was placed on firm footing and cryptococcosis came to be recognized as an important fungal disease globally.…”

Proposal for Amendment of the Diagnosis of the Genus Candida Berkhout nom. cons.

“…The genus Torulopsis was established by Berlese (1) with T. rosea as the type species, but no culture was preserved. Lodder (4) thought that this species might be identified with T. pulcherrima (Linder) Saccardo. Windisch (10) found pseudohyphae in T. pulcherrima and transferred it to the genus Candida.…”