Orbiliaceae

Orbiliaceae
Orbilia xanthostigma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Orbiliomycetes
O.E. Erikss. & Baral
Order: Orbiliales
Baral, O.E. Erikss., G. Marson & E. Weber
Family: Orbiliaceae
Nannf. (1932)
Type genus
Orbilia
Fr. (1836)
Genera

Arthrobotrys
Brachyphoris
Dactylella
Dactylellina
Dicranidion
Duddingtonia
Dwayaangam
Gamsylella
Hyalorbilia
Monacrosporium
Orbilia
Pseudorbilia

A fungus of the genus Arthrobotrys, showing adhesive nets that it uses to trap nematodes.  Numbered ticks are 122 μm apart.

The Orbiliaceae are a family of saprobic sac fungi. It is the only family in the monotypic class Orbiliomycetes and the monotypic order Orbiliales. The family was first described by John Axel Nannfeldt in 1932 and now contains 288 species in 12 genera.[1] Members of this family have a widespread distribution, but are more prevalent in temperate regions.[2] Some species in the Orbiliaceae are carnivorous fungi, and have evolved a number of specialized mechanisms to trap nematodes.

  1. ^ Kirk, Paul M.; Cannon, Paul F.; Minter, David W.; Stalpers, Joost A., eds. (2008). "Orbiliaceae". Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi. CABI. p. 485. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Cannon, P. F.; Kirk, P. M., eds. (2007). "Orbiliaceae". Fungal Families of the World. CABI. pp. 251–252. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.