Dactylella

Dactylella is a genus comprising 72 species of mitosporic fungi in the family Orbiliaceae. They are notable for trapping and eating nematodes.

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.

Species

 * Dactylella acrochaeta Drechsler 1952
 * Dactylella alaskana Matsush. 1975
 * Dactylella alba (Preuss) Sacc. 1886
 * Dactylella ambrosia (Gadd & Loos) K.Q. Zhang, Xing Z. Liu & L. Cao 1995
 * Dactylella anisomeres Drechsler 1962
 * Dactylella aphrobrocha Drechsler 1950
 * Dactylella arcuata Scheuer & J. Webster 1990
 * Dactylella arnaudii Yadav 1960
 * Dactylella atractoides Drechsler 1943
 * Dactylella attenuata Xing Z. Liu, K.Q. Zhang & R.H. Gao 1997
 * Dactylella beijingensis Xing Z. Liu, C.Y. Shen & W.F. Chiu 1992
 * Dactylella candida (Nees) de Hoog 1985
 * Dactylella chichisimensis Ts. Watan. 2001
 * Dactylella cionopaga Drechsler 1950
 * Dactylella clavata R.H. Gao, M.H. Sun & Xing Z. Liu 1995
 * Dactylella clavispora J. Chen, L.L. Xu, B. Liu & Xing Z. Liu 2007
 * Dactylella coccinella Ying Yang & Xing Z. Liu 2005
 * Dactylella coelobrocha Drechsler 1947
 * Dactylella copepodii G.L. Barron 1990
 * Dactylella coprophila Faurel & Schotter 1965
 * Dactylella crassa Z.Q. Miao, Lei & Xing Z. Liu 1999
 * Dactylella cystospora R.C. Cooke
 * Dactylella dasguptae (S.K. Shome & U. Shome) de Hoog & Oorschot 1985
 * Dactylella deodycoides  Drechsler
 * Dactylella dianchiensis Y. Hao & K.Q. Zhang 2004
 * Dactylella dorsalia Y. Zhang bis, Z.F. Yu & K.Q. Zhang 2007
 * Dactylella formosana J.Y. Liou, G.Y. Liou & Tzean 1995
 * Dactylella formosensis Sawada 1959
 * Dactylella fusariispora (Mekht.) K.Q. Zhang, Xing Z. Liu & L. Cao 1995
 * Dactylella fusiformis Grove
 * Dactylella gampsospora (Drechsler) de Hoog & Oorschot 1985
 * Dactylella gephyropaga Drechsler 1937
 * Dactylella haptospora Drechsler) K.Q. Zhang, Xing Z. Liu & L. Cao 1995
 * Dactylella heptameres Drechsler 1943
 * Dactylella heterospora Drechsler 1943
 * Dactylella huisuniana J.L. Chen, T.L. Huang & Tzean 1998
 * Dactylella implexa (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. 1886
 * Dactylella inquisitor Jarow. 1971
 * Dactylella intermedia T.F. Li, Lei & Xing Z. Liu 1998
 * Dactylella lignatilis M.H. Mo & K.Q. Zhang 2005
 * Dactylella lysipaga Drechsler 1937
 * Dactylella mammillata S.M. Dixon 1952
 * Dactylella megalobrocha Glockling 1994
 * Dactylella microaquatica Tubaki 1957
 * Dactylella nuorilangana X.F. Liu & K.Q. Zhang 2006
 * Dactylella oxyspora (Sacc. & Marchal) Matsush. 1971
 * Dactylella panlongana X.F. Liu & K.Q. Zhang 2006
 * Dactylella papayae Sawada 1959
 * Dactylella passalopaga Drechsler 1936
 * Dactylella piriformis (Preuss) Sacc. 1886
 * Dactylella plumicola Grove 1916
 * Dactylella polycephala Drechsler 1937
 * Dactylella polyctona (Drechsler) K.Q. Zhang, Xing Z. Liu & L. Cao 1995
 * Dactylella pseudoclavata Z.Q. Miao & Xing Z. Liu 2003
 * Dactylella pulchra (Linder) de Hoog & Oorschot 1985
 * Dactylella ramosa Matsush. 1971
 * Dactylella rhombica Matsush. 1971
 * Dactylella rhopalota Drechsler 1943
 * Dactylella sclerohypha Drechsler 1950
 * Dactylella shizishanna X.F. Liu & K.Q. Zhang 2003
 * Dactylella stenobrocha Drechsler 1950
 * Dactylella stenocrepis Drechsler 1962
 * Dactylella strobilodes Drechsler 1950
 * Dactylella tenuis Drechsler 1943
 * Dactylella thaumasia Drechsler 1937
 * Dactylella turkmenica Soprunov 1958
 * Dactylella ulmi Puttemans
 * Dactylella vermiformis Z.F. Yu, Ying Zhang & K.Q. Zhang 2007
 * Dactylella xinjiangensis J. Chen, L.L. Xu, B. Liu & Xing Z. Liu 2007
 * Dactylella yoaniae Y.D. Zhang & X.G. Zhang 2011
 * Dactylella yunnanensis K.Q. Zhang, Xing Z. Liu & L. Cao 1995
 * Dactylella zhongdianensis J. Zhang & K.Q. Zhang 2005