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{{Taxobox
| name = Tagliatelletree
| image = Tagliatelletree.png
| regnum = Photophaga
| phylum = Collaphyta
| classis = Taeniodendrida
| ordo = Neophotocarpales
| superfamilia = Orthotaenioidea
| familia = Piattaceae
| genus = ''Piatta''
| species = ''P. tagliata''
}}

The '''tagliatelletree''' ('''''Piatta tagliata''''') is a species of [[Teniodendrida|teniodendrids]] (ribbon trees) that produce flat, edible [[taeniae]] whose width is around 6 milimeters. Its genus ''Piatta'' is the sole member of the family ''Piattaceae''.

== Description ==
As a [[Collaphyta|collaphyte]], the tagliatelletree consists of a predominantly gluten-based structure, used for structural support and as a repair protein. Like all teniodendrids, its main source of energy comes from its thousands of ribbon-like leaves called taeniae that hang from its branches. Its taeniae, like all collaphytes, is made up of a gluten-based starchy dough called [[massae]], which serves as both a hydrogel and material for repairing damaged cells, within a thin layer of photosynthetic carotenoid-filled structural cells. These taeniae are quick growing, given the right environmental conditions. 

== As Food ==
Early Hevan settlers quickly domesticated the tagliatelletree as a wheat replacement, due to the fact that the taeniae, once stripped of its outer fiberous layer by boiling, had a texture and taste quite similar to wheat pasta. 

The massae can be extracted from the taenia, but cannot be kneaded like traditional wheat dough.