''Dacrymyces'' is a

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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 va ...

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are

saprotrophs Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ...

and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide.

Basidiocarps In fungi, a basidiocarp, basidiome, or basidioma () is the sporocarp of a basidiomycete, the multicellular structure on which the spore-producing hymenium is borne. Basidiocarps are characteristic of the hymenomycetes; rusts and smuts do no ...

(fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically disc-shaped to cushion-shaped. The genus has traditionally been differentiated from other genera in the Dacrymycetaceae on the basis of basidiocarp morphology, following (in recent years) the monograph of New Zealand

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, has however shown that morphology is not a good indicator of natural relationships within the Dacrymycetaceae. As a result several species formerly referred to ''Dacrymyces'' have been moved to ''

Dacryonaema Dacryonaema is a genus of fungi in the order Dacrymycetales. As with other members of the Dacrymycetes, species of ''Dacryonaema'' are saprotrophs, occur on dead wood, and have gelatinous basidiocarps. Microscopically all species have clamped h ...

'' or '' Dendrodacrys''.

Species

*'' Dacrymyces adpressus'' *'' Dacrymyces albidus'' *''

Dacrymyces ancyleus ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically di ...

'' *'' Dacrymyces ancoratus'' *'' Dacrymyces aquaticus'' *'' Dacrymyces aureosporus'' *''

Dacrymyces australis ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically di ...

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Dacrymyces capitatus ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically di ...

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Dacrymyces ceraceus ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically di ...

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Dacrymyces chiangraiensis ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically di ...

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Dacrymyces chrysocomus ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically di ...

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Dacrymyces chrysospermus ''Dacrymyces chrysospermus'' is a species of jelly fungus in the family (biology), family Dacrymycetaceae. In the UK it has the recommended English name of orange jelly spot; in North America it is known as orange jelly or orange witch's butter. ...

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Dacrymyces citrinus ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically di ...

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Dacrymyces cokeri ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically di ...

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Dacrymyces confluens ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically di ...

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Dacrymyces corticioides ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically di ...

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Dacrymyces coryneoides ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically di ...

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Dacrymyces cupularis ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically disc ...

'' *'' Dacrymyces cylindricus'' *'' Dacrymyces cyrtosporus'' *'' Dacrymyces dacryomitriformis'' *'' Dacrymyces dictyosporus'' *'' Dacrymyces duii'' *'' Dacrymyces enatus'' *'' Dacrymyces estonicus'' *'' Dacrymyces falcatus'' *'' Dacrymyces flabelliformis'' *'' Dacrymyces grandinioides'' *'' Dacrymyces intermedius'' *'' Dacrymyces invisibilis'' *'' Dacrymyces kobayasii'' *'' Dacrymyces kohyasanus'' *'' Dacrymyces lacrymalis'' *'' Dacrymyces longistipitatus'' *'' Dacrymyces marginatus'' *'' Dacrymyces microsporus'' *'' Dacrymyces minor'' *'' Dacrymyces minutus'' *'' Dacrymyces nigrescens'' *'' Dacrymyces novae-zelandiae'' *''

Dacrymyces olivei ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family (biology), family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, ...

'' *'' Dacrymyces ovisporus'' *'' Dacrymyces pachysporus'' *'' Dacrymyces parastenosporus'' *'' Dacrymyces pedunculatus'' *'' Dacrymyces pinacearum'' *''

Dacrymyces pulchrus ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs and occur on dead wood. Their distribution is worldwide. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ceraceous to gelatinous, often yellow to orange, and typically di ...

'' *'' Dacrymyces punctiformis'' *'' Dacrymyces san-augustinii'' *'' Dacrymyces sichuanensis'' *'' Dacrymyces stenosporus'' *''

Dacrymyces stillatus ''Dacrymyces'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dacrymycetaceae. Species are saprotrophs Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dea ...

'' *'' Dacrymyces subantarcticensis'' *'' Dacrymyces subarcticus'' *'' Dacrymyces suecicus'' *'' Dacrymyces tortus'' *'' Dacrymyces variisporus'' *'' Dacrymyces yunnanensis''

References

Dacrymycetes Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck {{Agaricomycotina-stub