Biology:Piskurozymaceae

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Piskurozymaceae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Filobasidiales
Family: Piskurozymaceae
X.Z. Liu, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015)
Genera

Piskurozyma
Solicoccozyma

The Piskurozymaceae are a family of fungi in the order Filobasidiales. Most species are only known from their yeast states, but some produce filamentous sexual states with basidia that are parasitic on other fungi. The family currently contains two genera.[1]

The genus name of Piskurozyma is in honour of Jure Piškur (1960-2014), who was an Slovenian molecular geneticist from the University of Copenhagen.[2]

References

  1. "Towards an integrated phylogenetic classification of the Tremellomycetes". Studies in Mycology 81: 85–147. 2015. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2015.12.001. PMID 26955199. 
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022. 

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