Cyttaria

Cyttaria is a genus of ascomycete fungi. About 10 species belong to Cyttaria, found in South America, Australia and New Zealand, associated with or growing on southern beech trees from the genus Nothofagus.^[1] The "llao llao" fungus Cyttaria hariotii, one of the most common fungi in Andean-Patagonian forests,^[2] has been shown to harbor the yeast Saccharomyces eubayanus, which may be source of the lager yeast S. pastorianus cold-tolerance.^[3] Cyttaria was originally described by mycologist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1842.^[4]

Cyttaria
Cyttaria from Chile growing in a tree branch
Scientific classification
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

Cyttaria sp. - MHNT