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Generally categorized as fungal feeders and readily cultured on fungi. Okada et al (2002 and 2003) have experimentally demonstrated that
Filenchus misellus is a fungal-feeding nematode and able to reproduce on a
range of fungi. Saprophytic fungi are better hosts than plant-parasitic
fungi..
Okada, H., Tsukiboshi, T., Kadota , I., 2002.
Mycetophagy in Filenchus misellus (Andrassy, 1958) Raski & Geraert,
1987 (Nematoda: Tylenchidae), with notes on its morphology. Nematology 4,
795-801.
Okada, H., Kadota, I., 2003. Host status of 10 fungal
isolates for two nematode species, Filenchus misellus and Aphelenchus
avenae. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35, 1601-1607.