Papiliotrema laurentii

Papiliotrema laurentii (synonym Cryptococcus laurentii) is a species of fungus in the family Rhynchogastremaceae. It is typically isolated in its yeast state.

Papiliotrema laurentii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Tremellomycetes
Order:	Tremellales
Family:	Rhynchogastremaceae
Genus:	Papiliotrema
Species:	P. laurentii
Binomial name
Papiliotrema laurentii (Kuff.) X.Z. Liu, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015)
Synonyms
Torula laurentii Kuff (1920) Cryptococcus laurentii (Kuff) Lodder (1934)

In its yeast state, it is a rare human pathogen, able to provoke a skin condition,^[1] or fungemia in immunocompromised hosts.^[2]

It can also be used as sole source of food for the rearing of Caenorhabditis elegans.^[3]