Vishniacozyma

Vishniacozyma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Tremellomycetes
Order:	Tremellales
Family:	Bulleribasidiaceae
Genus:	Vishniacozyma; Xin Zhan Liu, F.Y.Bai, M.Groenew. & Boekhou

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.

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.

An incomplete list of them can be seen below:

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 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 3 4 5 6 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.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 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] 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.