The Cystofilobasidiaceae are a
family
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of fungi in the order
Cystofilobasidiales
The Cystofilobasidiales are an order of fungi in the class Tremellomycetes of the Basidiomycota. They usually exhibit a life phase of free-living yeasts. The order contains two families with seven genera and some 25 species
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Phylogenetic
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analyses shows that this family is clearly distinct from other yeast-like families of the
Tremellomycetes
The Tremellomycetes are a class of dimorphic fungi in the Agaricomycotina. Some species have gelatinous basidiocarps (fruiting bodies) or (microscopically) a sacculate parenthesome. There are six orders, 17 families, and 39 genera in the Tremel ...
.
The
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, list 6 genus in the family;
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Cystofilobasidium
''Cystofilobasidium'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cystofilobasidiaceae. Species occur as yeasts, but produce filamentous sexual states that form dikaryote teliospores, from which the unicellular basidia (if present) are formed. The hyphae ...
'' (24)
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Guehomyces''
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Itersonilia'' (9)
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Phaffia'' (8)
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Rhodozyma''
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Xanthophyllomyces'' (4)
Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.
References
Tremellomycetes
Cystofilobasidiaceae
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