A genus of ascomycetous yeast in the family Endomycetaceae, order SACCHAROMYCETALES. They have been described as ascus-bearing parasites of basidiocarps, the fruiting bodies of BASIDIOMYCOTA.
An order of fungi in the phylum Ascomycota that multiply by budding. They include the telomorphic ascomycetous yeasts which are found in a very wide range of habitats.