Phaffomyces

Phaffomyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Saccharomycetes
Order: Phaffomycetales
Family: Phaffomycetaceae
Genus: Phaffomyces
Y. Yamada
Type species
Phaffomyces opuntiae
(Starmer, Phaff, M. Miranda, M.W. Mill. & J.S.F. Barker) Y. Yamada
Species

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Phaffomyces is a genus of fungi within the Phaffomycetales order. It is placed within the Phaffomycetaceae fungi family.

The genus name of Phaffomyces is in honour of Herman Jan Phaff (1913–2001), who was a scientist who specialised in the ecology of yeast.

The genus was circumscribed by Yuzo Yamada in Bull. Fac. Agric. Shizuoka Univ. vol.47 on page 30 in 1997.

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