Zhang, Jing, MingHe Mo, JingShi Deng, XueFeng Liu, TingJu Bi & KeQin Zhang. Dactylella zhongdianensis sp. nov, a new predacious antagonist of nematodes. Mycotaxon 92: 289-294. 2005.

ABSTRACT: A new predacious fungus, Dactylella zhongdianensis, is described and illustrated from Zhongdian in western Yunnan, China. This fungus is characterized by its solitary clavate, multiseptate conidia borne on erect unbranched or branched conidiophores. It forms adhesive networks as a capture device in the presence of nematodes. Infection, host specificity, and pathogenicity of the new species to nematodes are also described.

KEYWORDS: nematode-trapping fungi