Filobasidiella
![Cryptococcus neoformans, the pathogenic yeast state of Filobasidiella neoformans](/Images/godic/202501/13/Cryptococcus_neoformans_using_a_light_India_ink_staining_preparation_PHIL_3771_lores2917.jpg")
Filobasidiella is a genus of fungi in the family Tremellaceae. Species are parasitic on other fungi and do not produce distinct basidiocarps (fruit bodies). The genus is the teleomorphic (sexual) state of the yeast genus Cryptococcus, some species of which are human pathogens.