Abstract
The presence of melanin in fungi is related to virulence. In melanization occurs in yeast Cryptococcus species and a group called Black Yeast Fungi (BYF) many of these agents are important causes of serious and invasive mycoses. Cryptococcosis and feo-hifomicoses BYF are acquired by inhalation, or trauma followed by penetration of these particles infectious agents present in a wide variet…