Naganishia

Naganishia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Tremellomycetes
Order:	Filobasidiales
Family:	Filobasidiaceae
Genus:	Naganishia S. Goto (1963)
Type species
Naganishia globosa S. Goto
Species
Naganishia adeliensis N. albida N. albidosimilis N. antarctica N. bhutanensis N. cerealis N. diffluens N. friedmannii N. liquefaciens N. onofrii N. randhawae N. uzbekistanensis N. vaughanmartiniae N. vishniacii

Naganishia is a genus of fungi in the family Filobasidiaceae. Species are currently only known from their yeast states, most of which were formerly referred to the genus Cryptococcus. Some 15 species have been described worldwide.^[1] Naganishia albida is an occasional human pathogen.