The defunct genera "Oidium" and "Monilia" were used to represent the genus "Candida". It was first named "Monilia parapilosis" and considered nonpathogenic. The species has also been known in the past as "Monilia albicans" and "Oidium albicans". Other early names for this taxon included "Cladosporium hypophyllum", "Monilia humicola" and "Cladosporium pisicola". At the same time, he re-described Bonordeon's yeast taxon, "Monilia candida", as "Monilia bonordenii".