<prompt> Sun ray fungus isActinomyces irraeliChromoblastomycosisStreptomyces griseusCryptococcus  <response>: Actinomyces colonies form fungus-like branched networks of hyphae. The aspect of these colonies initially led to the incorrect assumption that the organism was a fungus and to the name Actinomyces, ray fungus Ref : Ananthanarayana textbook of Microbiology 9th edition Pgno : 391 