Carnivorous fungi are fungi that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and digesting animals.[1] More than 200 species have been described, belonging to the divisions Zygomycota, Basidiomycota, and Deuteromycota. They live in the soil and trap nematodes. Divisions Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Glomeromycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota Deuteromycota The fungi (singular fungus) are a kingdom of eukaryotic organisms. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Orders Mucorales Zoopagales Entomophthorales Endogonales Dimargaritales Kickxellales Microsporidia Harpellales Zygomycota, or zygote fungi, are a division of fungi. ... Classes Subdivision Teliomycotina Urediniomycetes Subdivision Ustilaginomycotina Ustilaginomycetes Subdivision Hymenomycotina Homobasidiomycetes- mushrooms Heterobasidiomycetes- jelly fungi The Division Basidiomycota is a large taxon within the Kingdom Fungi that includes those species that produce spores in a club-shaped structure called a basidium. ... The Deuteromycota are a form division of the fungi, including those fungi in which sexual reproduction is unknown. ... Classes Adenophorea Subclass Enoplia Subclass Chromadoria Secernentea Subclass Rhabditia Subclass Spiruria Subclass Diplogasteria The nematodes or roundworms (Phylum Nematoda from Greek νῆμα (nema): thread + ode like) are one of the most common phyla of animals, with over 20,000 different described species (over 15,000 are parasitic). ...
Two basic trapping mechanisms have been observed in carnivorous fungi:
constricting rings (active traps)
adhesive structures (passive traps)
Sequencing of ribosomal DNA has shown that these trap types occur in separate fungus lineages.[2] Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) are sequences encoding ribosomal RNA. These sequences regulate amplification and transcription initiation and contain transcribed and nontranscribed spacer segments. ...
Nepenthes mirabilis in flower, growing on a road cut in Palau A carnivorous plant (sometimes called an insectivorous plant) is a plant that derives some or most of its nutrients (but not energy) from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, especially insects and other arthropods. ...
References
^ Pramer, D. 1964. Nematode-trapping fungi. Science144: 382-388.
^ Ahrén, D., M.U. Bjõrn & A. Tunlind 1998. Phylogeny of nematode-trapping fungi based on 18S rDNA sequences. FEMS Microbiology Letters158: 179-184.
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