Lipomycetaceae information

Lipomycetaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Subphylum:	Saccharomycotina
Class:	Saccharomycetes
Order:	Saccharomycetales
Family:	Lipomycetaceae; E.K. Novák & Zsolt
Type genus
	Lipomyces; Lodder & Kreger
Genera
	Dipodascopsis; Babjevia; Lipomyces; Kawasakia; Zygozyma

The Lipomycetaceae are a family of yeasts in the order Saccharomycetales. According to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, the family contains five genera; the placement of the genus Kawasakia is uncertain.^[1] Species in the family have a widespread distribution, and grow in the soil or in association with insects.^[2]

^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
^ Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. pp. 190–91. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.

[1] Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.

[2] Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. pp. 190–91. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.