| Dacrymycetes | |
|---|---|
| Calocera cornea on a log | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Subdivision: | Agaricomycotina |
| Class: |
Dacrymycetes Doweld (2001) |
| Order: |
Dacrymycetales Henn. (1898) |
| Family: |
Dacrymycetaceae Bref. (1888) |
| Type genus | |
|
Dacrymyces Nees (1817) |
|
| Genera | |
The Dacrymycetes are a class consisting of only one family of jelly fungi, which has imperforate parenthesomes and basidia that are usually branched. There are 9 genera and 101 species in the Dacrymycetaceae family.