C. neoformans can differentiate into several complicated morphological forms, including yeast, chlamydospores, pseudohyphae and hyphae, and is typically present in the yeast form during infections.
Small-sized basidiospores (1.8 to 3.0 μm) can turn into yeast cells, the form preferred at 37°C, or can form dikaryotic hyphae which are favoured at 24°C Footnote 8. This organism exists as a yeast form in the environment