Reassignment of the basidiomycetous yeasts Trichosporon pullulans to Guehomyces pullulans gen. nov., comb. nov. and Hyalodendron lignicola to Trichosporon lignicola comb. nov.

Abstract

Nucleotide sequence analyses of the hymenomycetous yeasts demonstrated that Hyalodendron lignicola should be considered as a member of the genus Trichosporon within the Trichosporonales and that Trichosporon pullulans is associated closely with the Cystofilobasidiales, rather than the Trichosporonales. Accordingly, the following proposals are made: Trichosporon lignicola comb. nov. and Guehomyces gen. nov., to accommodate Guehomyces pullulans comb. nov. in the Cystofilobasidiales.