Muscodor vitigenus

Muscodor vitigenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Euascomycotina
Subclass:	Pyrenomycetes
Order:	Xylariales
Family:	Xylariaceae
Genus:	Muscodor
Species:	M. vitigenus
Binomial name
Muscador vitigenus

Muscodor vitigenus is an endophytic fungus which colonizes Paullinia paullinioides, a liana of the Peruvian Amazon rainforests. It has the unusual property of, under certain circumstances, producing near-pure naphthalene, an insect repellent.

See also

Fungi portal

• Muscodor albus

References

• Naphthalene, an insect repellent, is produced by Muscodor vitigenus, a novel endophytic fungus