Cyttaria

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Cyttaria
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Cyttaria espinosae from Chile growing in a tree trunk
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Cyttariales
Family: Cyttariaceae
Genus: Cyttaria
Berk. (1842)
Type species
Cyttaria darwinii
Berk. (1842)
Species

C. berteroi
C. darwinii
C. espinosae
C. gunnii
C. hariotii
C. nigra
C. johowii
C. septentrionalis
C. exigua
C. Hookeri

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Cyttaria sp. - MHNT

Cyttaria (From Greek Kyttaros, meaning "cell of a honeycomb") [1] is a genus of ascomycete fungi. About 10 species belong to Cyttaria, found in South America, Australia and New Zealand, which are obligatory parasites of southern beech trees from the genus Nothofagus . [2] [3] [4] The "llao llao" fungus Cyttaria hariotii , one of the most common fungi in Andean-Patagonian forests, has been shown to harbor the yeast Saccharomyces eubayanus , which may be source of the lager yeast S. pastorianus cold-tolerance. [5] [6]

Description

Morphology

Cyttaria was originally described by mycologist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1842. [7] The Ascomata of Cyttaria species are porous with an orange color. Each Ascomata consists of multiple apothecia immersed in a gelatinous stroma. [8] Asci are 8 spored, inoperculate and amyloid. [8]

Distribution

Cyttaria is found exclusively on the southern hemisphere, being commonly found in southern Chile/Argentina, New Zealand and Australia. It´s distruibution mirrors the one of Nothofagus. [4] [9]

Ethnomycology

Certain species of Cyttaria were traditionally consumed by some indigenous groups in southern Chile and Argentina, and continue to be a part in local cuisine. [4] [10]


References

  1. ↑ "Definition of CYTTARIA". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2026-01-14.
  2. ↑ Kirk MP, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 192. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ↑ Moesbach, Ernesto Wilhelm de (1992). Botánica indígena de Chile (in Spanish). Andres Bello. ISBN   978-956-13-0970-8.
  4. 1 2 3 Vidal, Viviana Salazar (2020-08-10). "Actualización del conocimiento del género Cyttaria Berk. (Cyttariales, Ascomycota) en Chile". Boletín Micológico (in Spanish). 35 (1). doi:10.22370/bolmicol.2020.35.1.2397. ISSN   0719-3114.
  5. ↑ Gamundi IJ, Horak E (1995). Fungi of the Andean-Patagonian Forests. Buenos Aires: Vazquez Mazzini Editores. ISBN   9509906379.
  6. ↑ Libkind D, Hittinger CT, Valério E, Gonçalves C, Dover J, Johnston M, Gonçalves P, Sampaio JP (2011). "Microbe domestication and the identification of the wild genetic stock of lager-brewing yeast". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (35): 14539–44. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1105430108 . PMC   3167505 . PMID   21873232.
  7. ↑ Berkeley MJ. (1842). "On an edible fungus from Tierra del Fuego, and an allied Chilian species". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 37–43. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1842.tb00073.x.
  8. 1 2 "Onestopshopfungi | Cyttaria" . Retrieved 2026-01-14.
  9. ↑ Peterson, Kristin R.; Pfister, Donald; Bell, Charles D. (2010). "Cophylogeny and Biogeography of the Fungal Parasite Cyttaria and Its Host Nothofagus, Southern Beech". Mycological Society of America. ISSN   0027-5514.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ↑ "Digueñe - Arca del Gusto". Slow Food Foundation. Retrieved 2026-01-14.


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