Pestalotiopsis microspora

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Pestalotiopsis microspora is an endophytic fungal species with the ability to degrade polyurethanes and polyurethane to grow under aerobic and anaerobic conditions as the sole carbon source. Isolated from the inner bark of the Himalayan yew, Pestalotiopsis can produce microspora cultures taxol.

In the Amazon in Ecuador one led by Professor Scott Strobel research group discovered these mushrooms. They are the first found that can feed only on polyurethanes plus in an anaerobic process. Two students, Pria Anand and Jonathan Russell, recorded the behavior of fungi and isolated the enzymes that allow the fungi, the decomposition of plastic.