The landlord of the Spouter-Inn had recommended us to his cousin Hosea Hussey of the Try Pots, whom he asserted to be the proprietor of one of the best kept hotels in all Nantucket, and moreover he had assured us that cousin Hosea, as he called him, was famous for his chowders.
Cryptococcus neoformans is a yeast-like fungus enclosed by a capsule. It was first identified in nature from samples of peach juice, but has proven to be found more abundantly in soil contaminated with pigeon droppings, eucalyptus trees, decaying wood from living trees, and in goats with pulmonary disease.
Quick Answer. Yeast belongs to the Fungi kingdom. Hundreds of different kinds of yeast are found around the world. Most live in the soil or on plants, especially in their fruit or nectar. To reproduce, most types of yeast bud; a small section of a parent cell grows and breaks off to form a new cell.