“…There have been numerous surveys on the occurrence of nematophagous fungi, which have shown that the group is found throughout the world and in all types of climate. The most notable surveys have been conducted in North America: in the U.S.A. in Maryland (Drechsler, I 937, I 95ob), Oregon (Tolmsoff, 1959), Florida and North Carolina (Feder, 1962), California (Mankau & Clark, 1959) and Illinois (Monoson & Williams, 1973; Monoson, Conway & Nelson, 1975); and in Canada in Quebec (Estey & Olthof, 1965) and Ontario (Barron, 1978). Throughout Europe: in England (Duddington, 1940(Duddington, , 1946(Duddington, ,1950(Duddington, ,1g51 a, b, 1954Juniper, 1957); Scotland (Mackenzie, 1960); Ireland (Gray, 1983a; Italy (Verona & Lepidi, 1970); Poland (Jarowaja, 1963); Germany (Fritsch & Lysek, 1983); France (Comandon & DeFonbrune, 1938; Virat, 1977;Peloille, , 1981Peloille & Cayrol, 1979); U.S.S.R. (Soprunov & Galiulina, 195 I ;Soprunov, 1958;Kondakova, 1960;Mekhtieva, 1972); Denmark (Shepherd, 1956) and Finland (Ruokala & Salonen, 1967; Salonen & Ruokola, 1968 (Kuthubutheen, Muid & Webster, 1985); Japan (Miura, 1973;Mitsui, 1983 ; 1985 ; Kobayashi & Mitsui, I 975).…”