''Dacryopinax'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
in the family
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 ...
. The genus is widespread, especially in
tropical
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in
the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
regions, and contains about 15 species.
[ ''Dacryopinax'' was circumscribed by American mycologist ]George Willard Martin
George Willard Martin (October 27, 1886 – September 11, 1971) was an American mycologist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received a bachelor of literature degree in 1912, and a Master of Science degree in 1915, both from Rutgers Universit ...
in 1948.[ A taxonomic monograph was published by McNabb (1965).
''Dacryopinax'' species are common wood inhabiting fungi worldwide, mostly producing brown rot ]wood decay
A wood-decay or xylophagous fungus is any species of fungus that digests moist wood, causing it to rot. Some species of wood-decay fungi attack dead wood, such as brown rot, and some, such as ''Armillaria'' (honey fungus), are parasitic and col ...
. Genomic analysis of ''Dacryopinax primogenitus'' revealed the loss of genes for class II peroxidase
Peroxidases or peroxide reductases ( EC numberbr>1.11.1.x are a large group of enzymes which play a role in various biological processes. They are named after the fact that they commonly break up peroxides.
Functionality
Peroxidases typically ca ...
s necessary for lignin degradation, supporting observations of a brown rot physiology.
Species
The genus consists of the following species:
* '' Dacryopinax aurantiaca''
* '' Dacryopinax crenata''
* '' Dacryopinax dennisii''
* ''Dacryopinax elegans
''Dacryopinax elegans'' is a species of jelly fungus in the family Dacrymycetaceae. It was originally formally described as ''Guepinia elegans'' by Miles Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1849. George Willard Martin
George Willard Martin (Oc ...
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* '' Dacryopinax felloi''
* '' Dacryopinax fissus''
* '' Dacryopinax foliacea''
* '' Dacryopinax formosus''
* '' Dacryopinax imazekiana''
* '' Dacryopinax indacocheae''
* '' Dacryopinax lowyi''
* '' Dacryopinax macrospora''
* '' Dacryopinax martinii''
* '' Dacryopinax maxidorii''
* '' Dacryopinax parmastoensis''
* '' Dacryopinax petaliformis''
* '' Dacryopinax primogenitus''
* ''Dacryopinax spathularia
''Dacryopinax spathularia'' is a species of fungus in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are gelatinous, frequently spathulate (spoon-shaped), and grow on wood, mainly in the tropics and subtropics. The fungus is edible and i ...
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* '' Dacryopinax sphenocarpa''
* '' Dacryopinax taibaishanensis''
* '' Dacryopinax xizangensis''
* '' Dacryopinax yungensis''
References
Dacrymycetes
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