Muscodor vitigenus

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
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Xylariales
Family:	Xylariaceae
Genus:	Muscodor
Species:	M. vitigenus
Binomial name
Muscodor vitigenus

See also

• Fungi portal

• Muscodor albus