Morphological media as Rice agar-Tween 80 were used for the differentiation of Candida species on the basis of mycelial
characteristics, size and shape of pseudohyphae and the arrangement of blastoconidia along pseudohyphae. In the
current study, 71.4% of Candida species were correctly identi-fied by Rice Tween-80 Agar. However its sensitivity for C. guilliermondii, C. krusei and C. parapsilosis was very poor (0%, 20% and 20%, respectively). Contrary to our results, other
investigators reported that morphology on morphologic media was sufficient to make a final identification.