Endomycetaceae

Endomycetaceae
Geotrichum candidum reproduces by segmentation of hyphae into arthrospores with straight or rounded ends as seen here with the GMS stain.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Saccharomycetes
Order: Saccharomycetales
Family: Endomycetaceae
J. Schröt., 1893
Type genus
Endomyces
Reess
Genera

Ascocephalophora
Endomyces
Kloeckera/Hanseniaspora
Geotrichum
Phialoascus
Trichomonascus

The Endomycetaceae are a family of yeasts in the order Saccharomycetales. According to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, the family contains three genera; however, the placement of the genus Phialoascus is uncertain.[1] Species in this poorly understood family have cosmopolitan distributions, and typically grow in association with other fungi, perhaps parasitically.[2]

  1. ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
  2. ^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.