The Filobasidiaceae are a family of fungi in the order Filobasidiales. Most species are yeasts, but some form gelatinous fruit bodies that are parasitic on other fungi, including lichens. The family currently contains five genera.[1][2]

Filobasidiaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Filobasidiales
Family: Filobasidiaceae
L.S. Olive (1968)
Genera

Filobasidium
Goffeauzyma
Naganishia
Syzygospora
Zyzygomyces

Synonyms

Syzygosporaceae

References

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  1. ^ Liu XZ, Wang QM, Göker 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: 85–147. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2015.12.001. PMC 4777781. PMID 26955199.
  2. ^ Diederich P, Millanes AM, Wedin M, Lawrey JD (2022). Flora of lichenicolous fungi volume 1 · Basidiomycota. Luxembourg: National Museum of Natural History. p. 351. ISBN 978-2-919877-26-3.