Muscodor vitigenus

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Muscodor vitigenus is an endophytic fungus that lives inside Paullinia paullinioides, a climbing plant (liana) native to the Peruvian Amazon rainforest.

Scientific classification:
- Kingdom: Fungi
- Division: Ascomycota
- Class: Sordariomycetes
- Order: Xylariales
- Family: Xylariaceae
- Genus: Muscodor
- Species: M. vitigenus
- Binomial name: Muscodor vitigenus
- Described by: Daisy, Strobel, Ezra & W. M. Hess

It can produce nearly pure naphthalene under certain conditions, a chemical that repels insects.