Muscodor vitigenus
Species of fungus
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Muscodor vitigenus is an endophytic fungus which colonizes Paullinia paullinioides, a liana of the Peruvian Amazon rainforests.[1] It has the unusual property of, under certain circumstances, producing near-pure naphthalene, an insect repellent.[2]
| Muscodor vitigenus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Xylariales |
| Family: | Xylariaceae |
| Genus: | Muscodor |
| Species: | M. vitigenus |
| Binomial name | |
| Muscodor vitigenus Daisy, Strobel, Ezra & W.M. Hess | |