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Cyttaria hariotii
Cyttaria hariotii fruiting bodies
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Cyttariales
Family:	Cyttariaceae
Genus:	Cyttaria
Species:	C. hariotii
Binomial name
Cyttaria hariotii E.Fisch. (1888)

Cyttaria hariotii is an edible mushroom commonly called llao llao, llaullao and pan de indio. The fungus, found in Patagonia, southern Chile and Argentina, is parasitic on Nothofagus (Southern beech) trees. The fungus affects its hosts internally in its sap ducts; the tree defends itself by generating galls to bypass the sap blockages. The fungus expands out of the gall to other parts of the tree. That grows in the branches of the trees as if it was a fruit. This one is a great edible mushroom of sweet flavor with which desserts, sweets and even icecreams are made.

References

• Flora del Archipiélago Fueguino y Patagonia, 2nd Edition, Buenos Aires, 2006, ISBN 987-05-1435-9
• Patagonia and Antarctica, Life and Color, María Luisa Petraglia de Bozón y Norberto Domingo de Bolzón, Buenos Aires, 2005, ISBN 987-43-9902-3
• Alfonso, J. 1938. Los Bosques de Tierra del Fuego. En: Revista Dirección Nacional de Bosques, N°47, Vol I:115-119
• Guerrido C. & Fernández D., 2007, Flora Patagonia, Fantástico Sur, ISBN 978-956-8007-16-4
• Rothkugel, M. 1916; Los Bosques Patagónicos. Ministerio de Agricultura. Buenos Aires

External links

Cyttaria hariotii in Index Fungorum

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• Leotiomycetes
• Fungi of South America
• Edible fungi
• Parasitic fungi
• Ecology of Patagonia
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