Muscodor vitigenus

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

Last updated October 01, 2025

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]

References

↑ Daisy, BH; Strobel, GA; Castillo, U; et al. (1 November 2002). "Naphthalene, an insect repellent, is produced by Muscodor vitigenus, a novel endophytic fungus". Microbiology. 148 (11): 3737–3741. doi: 10.1099/00221287-148-11-3737 . PMID 12427963.
↑ Daisy, BH; Strobel, GA; Castillo, U; et al. (November 2002). "Microbiology Society Journals | Naphthalene, an insect repellent, is produced by Muscodor vitigenus, a novel endophytic fungus". Microbiology. 148 (Pt 11): 3737–41. doi: 10.1099/00221287-148-11-3737 . PMID 12427963.

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[1] Daisy, BH; Strobel, GA; Castillo, U; et al. (1 November 2002). "Naphthalene, an insect repellent, is produced by Muscodor vitigenus, a novel endophytic fungus". Microbiology. 148 (11): 3737–3741. doi: 10.1099/00221287-148-11-3737 . PMID 12427963.

[2] Daisy, BH; Strobel, GA; Castillo, U; et al. (November 2002). "Microbiology Society Journals | Naphthalene, an insect repellent, is produced by Muscodor vitigenus, a novel endophytic fungus". Microbiology. 148 (Pt 11): 3737–41. doi: 10.1099/00221287-148-11-3737 . PMID 12427963.

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