Cephaloascus
Family of fungi
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The Cephaloascaceae are a family of yeasts in the order Saccharomycetales. A monotypic taxon, it contains the single genus Cephaloascus.[1] Species in the family are distributed in Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom, where they grow on coniferous wood or other fungi, or are associated with insects.[2]
| Cephaloascus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
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| Division: | |
| Class: | Pichiomycetes |
| Order: | Serinales |
| Family: | Cephaloascaceae L.R.Batra (1973) |
| Genus: | Cephaloascus Hanawa (1920) |
| Type species | |
| Cephaloascus fragrans Hanawa (1920) | |
