Dacryopinax

Dacryopinax
Dacryopinax spathularia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Dacrymycetes
Family:
Dacrymycetaceae
Genus:
Dacryopinax

G.W.Martin (1948)
Type species
Dacryopinax elegans
(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) G.W.Martin (1948)
Species

~15; see text

Dacryopinax is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. The genus is widespread, especially in tropical regions, and contains about 15 species.[1] Dacryopinax was circumscribed by American mycologist George Willard Martin in 1948.[2] A taxonomic monograph was published by McNabb (1965).[3]

Dacryopinax species are common wood inhabiting fungi worldwide, mostly producing brown rot wood decay. Genomic analysis of Dacryopinax primogenitus revealed the loss of genes for class II peroxidases necessary for lignin degradation, supporting observations of a brown rot physiology.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kirk2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ McNabb, RF (1965). "Taxonomic studies in the Dacrymycetaceae: III. Dacryopinax Martin". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 3 (1): 59–72.
  4. ^ Floudas, D; Binder, M; R; et al. (2012). "The Paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes". Science. 336 (6089): 1715–1719.