Vishniacozyma

Vishniacozyma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukarya
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Tremellomycetes
Order:	Tremellales
Family:	Bulleribasidiaceae

Vishniacozyma is a ubiquitous genus of yeast fungi belonging to the family Bulleribasidiaceae. This genus is globally distributed being found on plants, litter, soil and other natural substrates.^[1]

Species

This genus contains numerous species which are both epiphytic and endophytic. In China, they are highly diverse with around 20 species that have been discovered. In Russia, there are only about six species discovered with two proposed.^[1]

An incomplete list of them can be seen below:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Vishniacozyma alagoana
Vishniacozyma carnescens
Vishniacozyma catalpae
Vishniacozyma changhuana
Vishniacozyma dimennae
Vishniacozyma diospyri^[2]
Vishniacozyma ellesmerensis
Vishniacozyma eriobotryae^[2]
Vishniacozyma europaea
Vishniacozyma fructicola^[1]
Vishniacozyma globispora
Vishniacozyma guiyangensis^[2]
Vishniacozyma heimaeyensis
Vishniacozyma indica
Vishniacozyma insularis
Vishniacozyma kombuchae^[1]
Vishniacozyma kurtzmanii
Vishniacozyma marinae
Vishniacozyma melezitolytica
Vishniacozyma nebularis
Vishniacozyma paravictoriae
Vishniacozyma peneaus
Vishniacozyma pingtangensis^[2]
Vishniacozyma phoenicis
Vishniacozyma pini
Vishniacozyma pseudocarnescens
Vishniacozyma pseudodimennae
Vishniacozyma pseudofoliicola^[1]
Vishniacozyma pseudopenaeus
Vishniacozyma psychrotolerans
Vishniacozyma pyri
Vishniacozyma sinopodophylli
Vishniacozyma taibaiensis
Vishniacozyma taiwanica
Vishniacozyma tephrensis
Vishniacozyma terrae^[4]
Vishniacozyma tianchiensis^[2]
Vishniacozyma victoriae
Vishniacozyma zhenxiongensis

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Poliakova, Aleksandra N.; Cherdantsev, Igor A.; Glushakova, Anna M.; Wang, Qi-Ming; Karpov, Dmitry S.; Polyakov, Nikita B.; Solovyev, Andrey I.; Zhukhovitsky, Vladimir G.; Kachalkin, Aleksey V. (2026-02-11). "Three new yeast species of Vishniacozyma (Bulleribasidiaceae, Tremellales) from different habitats". MycoKeys. 128: 231–248. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.128.175380. ISSN 1314-4049.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Liu, Shan; Cai, Dan-Yang; Chai, Chun-Yue; Hui, Feng-Li (2025-02-12). "Five new epiphytic species of Vishniacozyma (Bulleribasidiaceae, Tremellales) from China". MycoKeys. 113: 321–336. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.113.140598. ISSN 1314-4049.
^ taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser Taxonomy Browser ()". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
^ Maeng, Soohyun; Park, Yuna; Sung, Gi-Ho; Lee, Hyang Burm; Kim, Myung Kyum; Srinivasan, Sathiyaraj (2022). "Description of Vishniacozyma terrae sp. nov. and Dioszegia terrae sp. nov., Two Novel Basidiomycetous Yeast Species Isolated from Soil in Korea". Mycobiology. 50 (6): 439–447. doi:10.1080/12298093.2022.2147135. ISSN 1229-8093. PMC 9848262. PMID 36721789.

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Poliakova, Aleksandra N.; Cherdantsev, Igor A.; Glushakova, Anna M.; Wang, Qi-Ming; Karpov, Dmitry S.; Polyakov, Nikita B.; Solovyev, Andrey I.; Zhukhovitsky, Vladimir G.; Kachalkin, Aleksey V. (2026-02-11). "Three new yeast species of Vishniacozyma (Bulleribasidiaceae, Tremellales) from different habitats". MycoKeys. 128: 231–248. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.128.175380. ISSN 1314-4049.

[:1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Liu, Shan; Cai, Dan-Yang; Chai, Chun-Yue; Hui, Feng-Li (2025-02-12). "Five new epiphytic species of Vishniacozyma (Bulleribasidiaceae, Tremellales) from China". MycoKeys. 113: 321–336. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.113.140598. ISSN 1314-4049.

[3] taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser Taxonomy Browser ()". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2026-02-12.

[4] Maeng, Soohyun; Park, Yuna; Sung, Gi-Ho; Lee, Hyang Burm; Kim, Myung Kyum; Srinivasan, Sathiyaraj (2022). "Description of Vishniacozyma terrae sp. nov. and Dioszegia terrae sp. nov., Two Novel Basidiomycetous Yeast Species Isolated from Soil in Korea". Mycobiology. 50 (6): 439–447. doi:10.1080/12298093.2022.2147135. ISSN 1229-8093. PMC 9848262. PMID 36721789.

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