page_title: Carnivorous fungus
hierarchical_section_title: Carnivorous fungus
caption_attribution_description: &#160; Fungus found growing in my cat's water dish.&#160; According to the same expert that kindly identified my sample of Harposporium anguillulae, &#8220;this is definitely a nematophagous fungus of the genus Arthrobotrys, probably Arthrobotrys oligospora or Arthrobotrys candida.&#160; The structures shown on your image are threedimensional adhesive nets.&#8221;&#160; See &lt;http://www.biological-research.com/philip-jacobs%20BRIC/ar-olig.htm&gt;.&#160; 10&#215; objective, 15&#215; eyepiece; numbered ticks are 122 &#181;M apart.&#160; In the full-sized version of this image, each pixel represents a 0.407-&#181;M square.&#160; See also:&#160;&#160;&#160; File:20100814_175958_FungusOnDeadnematode_HarposporiumAnguillulae.jpg&#160;&#160;&#160; File:20100814_180201_FungusOnDeadnematode_HarposporiumAnguillulae.jpg
context_page_description: Carnivourous fungi are fungi that get some of their nutrients from trapping animals. These animals are microscopic, or very small. Over two hundred species are known.
  Two basic trapping mechanisms have been observed in carnivorous fungi that are predatory on nematodes:
  constricting rings
  adhesive structures
context_section_description: Carnivourous fungi are fungi that get some of their nutrients from trapping animals. These animals are microscopic, or very small. Over two hundred species are known.
  Two basic trapping mechanisms have been observed in carnivorous fungi that are predatory on nematodes:
  constricting rings (active traps)
  adhesive structures (passive traps)
caption: A fungus of the genus Arthrobotrys, showing adhesive nets which it uses to trap nematodes.  Numbered ticks are 122 µm apart.
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