| Cyttaria | |
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| Cyttaria espinosae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Subdivision: | Pezizomycotina |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Cyttariales |
| Family: | Cyttariaceae |
| Genus: | Cyttaria Berk. |
| Type species | |
| Cyttaria darwinii Berk. |
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| Species | |
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C. darwinii |
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Cyttaria is a genus of ascomycete fungi. About 10 species belong to Cyttaria, found in South America and Australia associated with or growing on Nothofagus.[1] A recent online publication from PNAS has shown that Cyttaria hariotii harbors the yeast Saccharomyces eubayanus which may be source of the lager yeast S. pastorianus' cold-tolerance. [2]