Carcinomycetaceae | |
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Carcinomyces polyporinus parasitizing a polypore fungus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Tremellomycetes |
Order: | Tremellales |
Family: |
Carcinomycetaceae Oberw. & Bandoni (1982) |
Genera | |
The Carcinomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Tremellales. The family currently contains a single genus. Some species produce filamentous sexual states with basidia and are parasites of other fungi. Some, however, are only known from their yeast states. [1]