Cladophialophora Coccidioides sp. Dermatophytes Epicoccum spp. Zygomycetes Rhodotorula spp. Pseudohyphae are absent or rudimentary.
Hyphae are absent.
Blastoconidia are 1-celled, globose to elongate, typically with a capsule. Inositol assimilation is negative, fermentation of sugars is absent, and urease is produced. Rhodotorula forms pink to coral red colonies having globose to elongate, encapsulated cells, an inability to assimilate inositol or to ferment sugars, and the absence of pseudohyphae. Laboratory precautions Handle with care, but special precautions are not necessary. Teleomorphs Some species have teleomorphic genera in Rhodosporidium.