Xin-Zhan Liu

TL;DR: Based on the results inferred from molecular data and morphological and physiochemical features, an updated classification for the Tremellomycetes is proposed and five orders, 17 families and 54 genera are accepted, including seven new families and 18 new genera.

TL;DR: Nine genera were emended to include anamorphic and teleomorphic species based on the results obtained by a multi-gene phylogenetic analysis, phylogenetic network analyses, branch length-based methods, as well as morphological, physiological and biochemical comparisons.

TL;DR: A phylogenetic analyses based on seven genes including three nuclear ribosomal RNA genes and four protein coding genes were performed to address the molecular phylogeny of the ustilaginomycetous yeast species and their filamentous counterparts to implement the ‘One Fungus = One Name’ principle.

TL;DR: The phylogeny of the majority of described anamorphic and teleomorphic tremellomycetous yeasts is reconstructed using Bayesian inference, maximum likelihood, and neighbour-joining analyses based on the sequences of seven genes to form a phylogenetic framework that will be the basis for the proposal of an updated taxonomic system of tremellomers accommodating the ‘one fungus, one name’ principle.

TL;DR: An updated taxonomic system of pucciniomycetous yeasts implementing the ‘One fungus = One name’ principle will be proposed based on the phylogenetic framework presented here.