Amorphotheca resinae

Amorphotheca resinae is an ascomycete fungus of the family Amorphothecaceae which is known to thrive in environments containing alkanes (and water), like aviation fuel, from which it derives its trivial name 'kerosene fungus'.^[1][2][3] As such it belongs to the heterogenous group of microbial contaminants of diesel fuel.

Amorphotheca resinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Incertae sedis
Order:	Incertae sedis
Family:	Amorphothecaceae
Genus:	Amorphotheca
Species:	A. resinae
Binomial name
Amorphotheca resinae (Lindau) Parbery
Synonyms
Cladosporium resinae (Lindau) G.A. de Vries Hormoconis resinae (Lindau) Arx & G.A. de Vries

See also

• Ascomycota#Metabolism
• Fuel polishing
• Candida keroseneae