Dacrymycetaceae

The Dacrymycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Dacrymycetales. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous (waxy) to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and variously clavarioid, disc-shaped, cushion-shaped, spathulate (spoon-shaped), or corticioid (effused).

Dacrymycetaceae
Guepiniopsis buccina, New York
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Dacrymycetes
Order:	Dacrymycetales
Family:	Dacrymycetaceae J. Schröt. 1888
Type genus
Dacrymyces Nees (1816)
Genera
Calocera Dacryopinax Dacryoscyphus Dendrodacrys Ditiola Guepiniopsis Femsjonia Heterotextus

Genera in the Dacrymycetaceae have traditionally been differentiated on basidiocarp morphology, in later years following the monographs of New Zealand mycologist Robert McNabb.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]} Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has however shown that morphology is not a good indicator of natural relationships.^[8] To date, only the recently described genus Dendrodacrys is monophyletic.^[9] The remaining genera await further research.

References

1. McNabb, RF (1965). "Taxonomic studies in the Dacrymycetaceae: II. Calocera (Fries) Fries". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 3 (1): 31–58. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1965.10428712.
2. McNabb, RF (1965). "Taxonomic studies in the Dacrymycetaceae: III. Dacryopinax Martin". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 3 (1): 59–72. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1965.10432062.
3. McNabb, RF (1965). "Taxonomic studies in the Dacrymycetaceae: IV. Guepiniopsis Patouillard". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 3 (2): 159–167. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1965.10876992.
4. McNabb, RF (1965). "Taxonomic studies in the Dacrymycetaceae: V. Heterotextus Lloyd". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 3 (3): 215–222. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1965.10428722.
5. McNabb, RF (1965). "Taxonomic studies in the Dacrymycetaceae: VI. Femsjonia Fries". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 3 (3): 223–228. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1965.10428723.
6. McNabb, RF (1966). "Taxonomic studies in the Dacrymycetaceae: VII. Ditiola Fries". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 4 (4): 546–558. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1966.10430183.
7. McNabb, RF (1973). "Taxonomic studies in the Dacrymycetaceae: VIII. Dacrymyces Nees ex Fries". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 11 (3): 461–524. Bibcode:1973NZJB...11..461M. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1973.10430296.
8. Zamora JC, Ekman S (2020). "Phylogeny and character evolution in the Dacrymycetes, and systematics of Unilacrymaceae and Dacryonaemataceae fam. nov". Persoonia. 44: 161–205. doi:10.3767/persoonia.2020.44.07. PMC 7567964. PMID 33116340.
9. Zamora JC, Savchenko A, González-Cruz Á, Prieto-García F, Olariaga I, Ekman S (2022). "Dendrodacrys: a new genus for species with branched hyphidia in Dacrymyces s.l., with the description of four new species". Fungal Systematics and Evolution. 9: 27–42. doi:10.3114/fuse.2022.09.04. PMC 9355100. PMID 35978985.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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  Calocera viscosa
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  Dacrymyces stillatus
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  Dacryopinax spathularia
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  Heterotextus miltinus
  
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  Calocera cornea
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  Dacrymyces chrysospermus