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Dactylella

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Dactylella is a genus comprising 72 species of mitosporic fungi in the family Orbiliaceae. They are notable for trapping and eating nematodes.{{cite journal | last1 = Ahren | first1 = D | last2 = Ursing |first2 = BM |last3 = Tunlid | first3 = A | year = 1998 | title = Phylogeny of nematode-trapping fungi based on 18S rDNA sequences | journal = FEMS Microbiology Letters | volume = 158 | pages = 179–184 | pmid = 9465391 | issue = 2 | doi=10.1016/s0378-1097(97)00519-3}}

Members of this genus form a noose structure from several elongate cells. When stimulated by a nematode passing through the structure, the cells swell, tightening the noose and trapping the nematode. Filaments then grow into the nematode to absorb nutrients.{{cite book|last1=Doyle|first1=W. T.|title=Nonseed Plants: Form and Function|url=https://archive.org/details/nonseedplantsfor0000doyl|url-access=registration|date=1970|publisher=Wadsworth Pub. Co.|page=[https://archive.org/details/nonseedplantsfor0000doyl/page/39 39]}}

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  • {{cite web|url=http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp|publisher=indexfungorum.org|title=Index Fungorum - Search Page|access-date=2016-08-19}}

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Category:Deuteromycota

Category:Helotiales

Category:Carnivorous fungi

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