| Noun | 1. | family Dacrymycetaceae - a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa fungus family - includes lichen families order Tremellales, Tremellales - fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic Dacrymyces, genus Dacrymyces - type genus of the Dacrymycetaceae: fungi with a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa |