The Unilacrymaceae are a family of fungi in the order Dacrymycetales. The family currently contains the single genus Unilacryma with two known species from Europe, North Asia, and North America.[1] The family was originally placed within its own order, the Unilacrymales,[2] but subsequent research suggests it is better accommodated within the Dacrymycetales.[1]
| Unilacrymaceae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Dacrymycetes |
| Order: | Dacrymycetales |
| Family: | Unilacrymaceae Shirouzu, Tokum. & Oberw. (2013) |
| Type genus | |
| Unilacryma Shirouzu, Tokum. & Oberw. (2013)
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As with other members of the Dacrymycetes, species within the Unilacrymaceae are saprotrophs, occur on dead wood, and have gelatinous basidiocarps. Microscopically all species have clamped hyphae, branched hyphidia, and muriform (multiseptate), subglobose to ellipsoid basidiospores. Unilacryma unispora is unique within the Dacrymycetes in having single-spored basidia.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ a b c Zamora JC, Ekman S (2020). "Phylogeny and character evolution in the Dacrymycetes, and systematics of Unilacrymaceae and Dacryonaemataceae fam. nov". Persoonia. 44: 161–205. doi:10.3767/persoonia.2020.44.07. PMC 7567964. PMID 33116340.
- ^ a b Shirouzu T, Hirose D, Oberwinkler F, Shimomura N, Maekawa N, Tokumasu S (2013). "Combined molecular and morphological data for improving phylogenetic hypotheses in Dacrymycetes". Mycologia. 105 (5): 1110–1125. doi:10.3852/12-147. PMID 22962355. S2CID 41377624.
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