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Cyttaria is a Genus of fungus causing galls on Nothofagus trees in southern Chile. Patagonia, South America.

Cyttaria is a Genus of fungus causing galls on Nothofagus trees in southern Chile. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards.

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Cyttaria is a Genus of fungus causing galls on Nothofagus trees in southern Chile. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards.
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