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

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)

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)