See text Phaffomyces is a genus of fungi within the Saccharomycetales order.
[1] It is placed within the Pichiaceae fungi family.
[2] The genus name of Phaffomyces is in honour of Herman Jan Phaff (1913–2001),[3] who was a scientist who specialised in the ecology of yeast.
[4] The genus was circumscribed by Yuzo Yamada in Bull.
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