| Cephaloascaceae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Subphylum: | Saccharomycotina |
| Class: | Saccharomycetes |
| Order: | Saccharomycetales |
| Family: | Cephaloascaceae L.R. Batra |
| Type genus | |
| Cephaloascus Hanawa |
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| Type species | |
| Cephaloascus fragrans Hanawa |
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The Cephaloascaceae are a family of yeasts in the order Saccharomycetales. A monotypic taxon, it contains the single genus Cephaloascus.[1] Species in the family are distributed in Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom where they grow on coniferous wood, on other fungi, or associated with insects.[2]