| Apart from the yeast form which primarily causes superficial infections, so called pseudomycelia are a further morphologic manifestation of yeastlike fungi. |
| Candida albicans is a ubiquitous yeast that belongs to the family of yeastlike fungi. |
| It produces septate hyphae, arthroconidia, and yeastlike growth on culture media. |
| Candidiasis-a yeastlike fungal infection caused by Candida albicans, which grows in a warm, wet, closed environment. |
| The attachment of yeastlike fungi to different mucosa of ephithelia is caused by adherent proteins and further structures of the outer cytomembrane. |
| The typical histologic findings include irregularly swollen hyphae and yeastlike forms. |
