Re: Is It A Clever Nematode-Trap Or Just Claptrap?

Yes, the "sugar snake", with it's "stacked" filament construction, indeed has an appearance more like cyanobacteria than a traditional nemadtode. I appreciate the way your post uses the phrase "this time it's prey is..." though, since as you know I feel it is not a picky eater. The "traps" and "suction cups" you point out are exactly why you are justified with the use of the term "nematophagous fungi" in these posts.

During a severe M outbreak, when the fine, clear, airborne fibers leave us in droves, which of the two filament types discussed here are the majority - the Sugar snakes or the "nem. fungi" - which are highly motile, wrapping, trapping, less symetric forms?

Could you please introduce where these fibers that you photographed were found?
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