Synonym and Classification Data for Trichosporon spp.

This genus is a basidiomycetous yeast. See also the detailed description page for this genus.

Notes on this Genus

Gueho E, Improvisi L, de Hoog GS, Dupont B. Trichosporon on humans: a practical account. Mycoses 1994;37(1-2):3-10 provides a helpful review.

Species in this genus

  • Trichosporon appendiculare (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of Candida guilliermondii

  • Trichosporon asahii

    T. coremiformis is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    T. cutaneum var. peneaus is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    T. figueiae is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    T. loboi is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Trichosporon asteroides
  • Trichosporon behrendii (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of Hyphopichia burtonii

  • Trichosporon beigelii

    Pleurococcus beigelii is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    T. cerebriforme is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    T. giganteum is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Trichosporon capitatum (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of Blastoschizomyces capitatus

  • Trichosporon cerebriforme (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of T. beigelii

  • Trichosporon coremiformis (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of T. asahii

  • Trichosporon coremiiforme

    This species is a synonym of the obsolete species Hemispora coremiiformis

  • Trichosporon cutaneum

    This species is a synonym of the obsolete species Geotrichum cutaneum
    This species is a synonym of the obsolete species Monilia cutanea
    This species is a synonym of the obsolete species Oidium cutaneum

  • Trichosporon cutaneum var. peneaus (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of T. asahii

  • Trichosporon dulcitum (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of the obsolete species Geotrichum dulcitum
    This obsolete species is a synonym of the obsolete species Geotrichum zambettakesii

  • Trichosporon faecale

    This species is a synonym of the obsolete species Endomycopsis mali var. faecalis

  • Trichosporon figueiae (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of T. asahii

  • Trichosporon fuscans (obsolete)

    T. pullulans is a synonym of this obsolete species.

  • Trichosporon giganteum (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of T. beigelii

  • Trichosporon gracile

    This species is a synonym of the obsolete species Geotrichum gracile

  • Trichosporon granulosum (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of Oospora granulosa

  • Trichosporon inkin

    Fissuricella filamenta is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    Sarcinomyces inkin is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Trichosporon klebahnii (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of Geotrichum klebahnii

  • Trichosporon loboi (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of T. asahii

  • Trichosporon mucoides
  • Trichosporon ovoides

    This species is a synonym of the obsolete species Geotrichum amycelicum

  • Trichosporon penicillatum (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of Geotrichum klebahnii

  • Trichosporon proteolyticum (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of Coccidioides immitis

  • Trichosporon pullulans

    This species is a synonym of the obsolete species Monilia pullulans
    This species is a synonym of the obsolete species T. fuscans

  • Trichosporon variabile (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of the obsolete species Pichia burtonii