Sun ray fungus is: (A) Actinomyces irraeli, (B) Chromoblastomycosis, (C) Streptomyces griseus, (D) Cryptococcus
Answer is A. Actinomyces colonies form fungus-like branched networks of hyphae. The aspect of these colonies initially led to the incorrect assumption that the organism was a fungus and to the name Actinomyces, "ray fungus" Ref : Ananthanarayana textbook of Microbiology 9th edition Pgno : 391