<prompt> Which of the following is not a dimorphic fungus?CoccidioidesHistoplasmaBlastomycesCryptococcus neoformans  <response>: Ans. d Cryptococcus neoformans. Textbook of Microbiology by Anantanarayan, 6th576HIGH YIELD FACTS IN FUNGOLOGYYeastC. Neoformans only pathogenic yeastYeast likeCandida albicans pseudomycelium presentMouldsfilamentous fungiDermatophytesDimorphic filamentous as well as yeastsMost fungi causing systemic infection not cryptococcus though.Commonest culture mediumSabourauds medium, czapek - dox and cormeal agar are other culture media for fungi.Reynolds-Braude phenomenonRapid method of identifying Candida albicans based on its ability to form germ tube when incubated in human serum at 37 degree for 42 hr.Sclerotic bodyChromoblastomycosisAsteroid bodiesSporotrichosisIndia ink preparationCryptococcus other stains for its capsule are alcian blue mucicarmineDesert rheumatism Valley feverCoccidioidomycosisAspergillusSeptate hypaeNot a dimorphic fungusCryptococcusTuberculate sporesHistoplasma capsulatum 