Cuniculitremaceae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Tremellomycetes |
Order: | Tremellales |
Family: |
Cuniculitremaceae J.P.Samp., R.Kirschner & M.Weiss (2001) |
Genera | |
The Cuniculitremaceae are a family of fungi in the order Tremellales. There are three genera in the family. [1] Sterigmatosporidium polymorphum parasitizes other fungi growing in insect galleries in wood. It does not produce basidiocarps (fruit bodies), but has septate basidia similar to those found in the genus Tremella. [2] Most species are known only from their yeast states.