# 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