A morphological and physiological description of Saccharomycopsis crataegensis, a species newly recorded in Taiwan, from the soil of a papaya orchard in Kanting, Pengtung, is given. Saccharomycopsis crataegensis was only found in America and Italy until now. This species is heterothallic. Strain FIRDI 80D2418 and strain CBS 7190 are of opposite mating type.