The Cyttaria espinosae has a globose structure of white color and sticky surface, a thin white membrane covers the mushroom; This membrane is broken at the moment when the mushroom grows, revealing the apotheciae, which correspond to circular orange cavities on the surface of the mushroom in which the ascaspores and ascospores develop. The digüeñe is a strict and specific parasite of Nothofagus, mainly of Nothofagus obliqua and causes cancerous gills in the branches, from which the fruiting bodies emerge from spring to early summer. The rough surfaces of the fungus favor air movements in turbulence, which facilitates the dispersion of the spores by the wind.
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