''Dacrymyces'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the
family
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Dacrymycetaceae
The Dacrymycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Dacrymycetales. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and variousl ...
.
Species
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are
saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide.
Basidiocarps
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(fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically disc-shaped to cushion-shaped.
The genus has traditionally been differentiated from other genera in the Dacrymycetaceae on the basis of basidiocarp morphology, following (in recent years) the monograph of New Zealand
mycologist
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Robert McNabb.
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research, based on cladistic
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, has however shown that morphology is not a good indicator of natural relationships within the Dacrymycetaceae.[ As a result several species formerly referred to ''Dacrymyces'' have been moved to '']Dacryonaema
Dacryonaema is a genus of fungi in the order Dacrymycetales. As with other members of the Dacrymycetes, species of ''Dacryonaema'' are saprotrophs, occur on dead wood, and have gelatinous basidiocarps. Microscopically all species have clamped h ...
''[ or '' Dendrodacrys''.][
]
Species
*'' Dacrymyces adpressus''
*'' Dacrymyces albidus''
*'' Dacrymyces ancyleus''
*'' Dacrymyces ancoratus''
*''Dacrymyces aquaticus
''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family (biology), family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, ...
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*'' Dacrymyces aureosporus''
*'' Dacrymyces australis''
*'' Dacrymyces capitatus''
*'' Dacrymyces ceraceus''
*'' Dacrymyces chiangraiensis''
*'' Dacrymyces chrysocomus''
*''Dacrymyces chrysospermus
''Dacrymyces chrysospermus'' is a species of jelly fungus in the family (biology), family Dacrymycetaceae. In the UK it has the recommended English name of orange jelly spot; in North America it is known as orange jelly or orange witch's butter. ...
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*'' Dacrymyces citrinus''
*'' Dacrymyces cokeri''
*'' Dacrymyces confluens''
*'' Dacrymyces corticioides''
*'' Dacrymyces coryneoides''
*'' Dacrymyces cupularis''
*'' Dacrymyces cylindricus''
*'' Dacrymyces cyrtosporus''
*'' Dacrymyces dacryomitriformis''
*'' Dacrymyces dictyosporus''
*'' Dacrymyces duii''
*'' Dacrymyces enatus''
*'' Dacrymyces estonicus''
*'' Dacrymyces falcatus''
*'' Dacrymyces flabelliformis''
*'' Dacrymyces grandinioides''
*'' Dacrymyces intermedius''
*'' Dacrymyces invisibilis''
*'' Dacrymyces kobayasii''
*'' Dacrymyces kohyasanus''
*'' Dacrymyces lacrymalis''
*'' Dacrymyces longistipitatus''
*'' Dacrymyces marginatus''
*'' Dacrymyces microsporus''
*'' Dacrymyces minor''
*'' Dacrymyces minutus''
*'' Dacrymyces nigrescens''
*'' Dacrymyces novae-zelandiae''
*'' Dacrymyces olivei''
*'' Dacrymyces ovisporus''
*'' Dacrymyces pachysporus''
*'' Dacrymyces parastenosporus''
*'' Dacrymyces pedunculatus''
*'' Dacrymyces pinacearum''
*'' Dacrymyces pulchrus''
*'' Dacrymyces punctiformis''
*'' Dacrymyces san-augustinii''
*'' Dacrymyces sichuanensis''
*'' Dacrymyces stenosporus''
*'' Dacrymyces stillatus''
*'' Dacrymyces subantarcticensis''
*'' Dacrymyces subarcticus''
*'' Dacrymyces suecicus''
*'' Dacrymyces tortus''
*'' Dacrymyces variisporus''
*'' Dacrymyces yunnanensis''
References
Dacrymycetes
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
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