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Cerinomycetaceae

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Cerinomycetaceae
Cerinomyces tortus, formerly Dacrymyces tortus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Dacrymycetes
Order: Dacrymycetales
Family: Cerinomycetaceae
Jülich (1982)
Type genus
Cerinomyces
G.W.Martin (1949)

The Cerinomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Dacrymycetales. The family currently contains the single genus Cerinomyces which has a cosmopolitan distribution.

Species within the Cerinomycetaceae are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. As originally conceived, the family comprised all species of the Dacrymycetes having effused, corticioid basidiocarps (fruit bodies).[1] Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has however shown that this circumscription is not valid. As a result, the family now contains some (but not all) species having corticioid basidiocarps and some species (previously referred to the Dacrymycetaceae) with gelatinous, pustular basidiocarps.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Jülich W (1982). "Higher taxa of Basidiomycetes". Bibliotheca Mycologica. 85: 1–382. ISBN 9783768213240.
  2. ^ Savchenko A, Zamora JC, Shirouzu T, Spirin V, Malysheva V, Koljalg U, Miettinen O (2021). "Revision of Cerinomyces (Dacrymycetes, Basidiomycota) with notes on morphologically and historically related taxa". Studies in Mycology. 99: 100117. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2021.100117. PMC 8645972. PMID 34934464.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)