Cyttaria

Cyttaria
Cyttaria espinosae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Subdivision:	Pezizomycotina
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Cyttariales
Family:	Cyttariaceae
Genus:	Cyttaria Berk.
Type species
Cyttaria darwinii Berk.
Species
C. darwinii C. espinosae C. gunnii C. nigra

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]

References

1. ^ Kirk MP, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. 10th edition. Wallingford: CABI. p. 192. ISBN 0-85199-826-7. 
2. ^ Libkind, D.; Hittinger, C.; Valério, E.; Gonçalves, C.; Dover, J.; Johnston, M; Gonçalves, P.; Sampaio, J., "Microbe domestication and the identification of the wild genetic stock of lager-brewing yeast", PNAS .

External links

• Cyttaria at Index Fungorum