The author discusses the taxonomic relationship between the jelly fungi Tremella and yeast-like fungi of the genus Cryptococcus. Evidence suggests that haploid yeast-like forms of Tremella resemble Cryptococcus and produce similar extracellular polysaccharides, implying a possible evolutionary connection.
Pilát A. (1967): Sunt Tremellae affines fungis saccharomycetiformibus generis Cryptococcus? – Česká Mykologie 21(3): 196.
