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Carcinomycetaceae

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Genus of fungi

Carcinomycetaceae
Carcinomyces polyporinus parasitizing a polypore fungus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Tremellales
Family: Carcinomycetaceae
Oberw. & Bandoni (1982)
Genera

Carcinomyces

The Carcinomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Tremellales. The family currently contains a single genus. Some species produce filamentous sexual states with basidia and are parasites of other fungi. Some, however, are only known from their yeast states.

References

  1. Liu XZ, Wang QM, Gรถker M, Groenewald M, Kachalkin AV, Lumbsch HT, Millanes AM, Wedin M, Yurkov AM, Boekhout T, Bai FY (2015). "Towards an integrated phylogenetic classification of the Tremellomycetes". Studies in Mycology. 81: 85โ€“147. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2015.12.001. PMC 4777781. PMID 26955199.
Taxon identifiers
Carcinomycetaceae


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