Cryptococcus aerius
Cryptococcus albidosimilis
Cryptococcus albidus
Filobasidium floriforme is a teleomorph of this species.
Torula albida is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Torulopsis albida is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Cryptococcus albidus var. albidus
Cryptococcus albidus var. difluens
Cryptococcus amylolentus
Cryptococcus antarcticus
Cryptococcus aquaticus
Cryptococcus ater
Cryptococcus bacillisporus (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. neoformans var. gattii
Cryptococcus bhutanensis
Cryptococcus capillitii (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Malassezia furfur
Cryptococcus capsulatus (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum
Cryptococcus carollinus (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Cryptococcus consortionis
Cryptococcus curvatus
Cryptococcus dimennae
Cryptococcus feraegula
Cryptococcus flavus
Cryptococcus friedmannii
Cryptococcus fuscescens
Cryptococcus gastricus
Cryptococcus gilvescens
Cryptococcus glabratus (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Candida glabrata
Cryptococcus heveanensis
Cryptococcus huempii
Cryptococcus humicolus
Notes: In The Yeasts, 4th edition, Kurtzman and Fell (eds.), 1998, Candida humicola is a synonym of Crytococcus humicolus. The species name spelling had to be changed to match Cryptococcus. The species was originally called Torula humicola when it was named in 1912. It was transferred to the genus Candida in 1942. It was finally transferred to Cryptococcus in 1981.

Candida humicola is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Torula humicola is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Cryptococcus hungaricus
Cryptococcus kuetzingii
Cryptococcus laurentii
Cryptococcus ludwigi (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Cryptococcus luteolus
Cryptococcus macerans
Cryptococcus magnus
Cryptococcus malassezi (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Malassezia furfur
Cryptococcus marinus
Cryptococcus mena (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Cryptococcus meningitidis (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of C. neoformans
Cryptococcus neoformans
Notes: This is the type species: (Sanfelice) Vuillemin 1901. The grubii, gattii, & neoformans varieties are fairly recent designations within Cryptococcus neoformans. Obsolete synonyms of C. neoformans may well have referred to any of these varieties. The var. grubii corresponds to serotype A strains, var. neoformans to serotype D strains, and var. gattii to serotype B and C strains.

C. meningitidis is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Saccharomyces neoformans is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Torulopsis neoformans is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii
C. bacillisporus is an obsolete synonym of this species.
Filobasidiella neoformans var. bacillispora is a teleomorph of this species.
Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii
Filobasidiella neoformans var. neoformans is a teleomorph of this species.
Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans
Filobasidiella neoformans var. neoformans is a teleomorph of this species.
Cryptococcus pachydermatis (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Malassezia pachydermatis
Cryptococcus pararoseus (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Cryptococcus podzolicus
Cryptococcus radiatus (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Cryptococcus ruber (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Cryptococcus rubrorugosus (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Cryptococcus sanniei (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Cryptococcus simplex (obsolete)
This obsolete species is a synonym of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa
Cryptococcus skinneri
Cryptococcus terreus
Cryptococcus uniguttulatus
Filobasidium uniguttulatum is a teleomorph of this species.
Cryptococcus vishniacii
Cryptococcus yarrowii

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