Amorphotheca resinae

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;

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.

References

^ "Solving the problem of kerosene fungus". Shell Global. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
^ Rafin, Catherine; Veignie, Etienne (2019). "Hormoconis resinae, The Kerosene Fungus". Taxonomy, Genomics and Ecophysiology of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Microbes. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 299–318. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14796-9_3.
^ "Amorphotheca resinae v1.0". Home. Retrieved 2023-01-19.