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A novel species of the basidiomycetous genusCryptococcus is described asCr. yarrowii based on the study of an isolate from a decayed mushroom collected in Portugal. DNA-DNA homology with the type strain of the phenotypically similar speciesCr. albidus was 10±2%.
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Fonseca, A., van Uden, N. Cryptococcus yarrowii sp. nov., a novel yeast species from Portugal. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 59, 177–181 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00580657
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