List of fungi of South Africa

This is an alphabetical list of fungal taxa as recorded from South Africa. Currently accepted names have been appended.

Ra

Genus: Radulum Fr. 1825, accepted as Xenotypa Petr., (1955)

Radulum javanicum (Henn.) Lloyd 1915^[1] accepted as Erythricium salmonicolor (Berk. & Broome) Burds., (1985)
Radulum lirellosum Lloyd.^[1]
Radulum mirabile Berk. & Broome 1873^[1] accepted as Lopharia cinerascens (Schwein.) G. Cunn., (1956)
Radulum orbiculare Fr. 1825^[1] accepted as Xylodon radula (Fr.) Ţura, Zmitr., Wasser & Spirin, (2011)

Genus: Ramalina Ach. 1809 (Lichens)

Ramalina angulosa Laurer ex Th. Fr. 1861^[1] accepted as Ramalina australiensis Nyl., (1870)
Ramalina arabum (Dill. ex Ach.) Meyen & Flot. 1843^[1]
Ramalina australiensis Nyl., (1870) reported as Ramalina angulosa Laurer ex Th. Fr. 1861^[1]
Ramalina bourgaeana Mont. ex Nyl. as ''bourgeana'' 1870^[1] accepted as Niebla bourgaeana (Mont. ex Nyl.) Rundel & Bowler [as bourgeana], (1978)
Ramalina calicaris (L.) Röhl. 1813^[1]
Ramalina calicaris f. ecklonii (Spreng.) Nyl. 1860,^[1] accepted as Ramalina ecklonii (Spreng.) Meyen & Flot. [as 'eckloni'], (1843)
Ramalina capensis var. angulosa Th. Fr. 1861^[1]
Ramalina capensis var. melanothrix (Laurer) Th. Fr. 1861^[1] accepted as Niebla melanothrix (Laurer) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S. Ekman, (2018)
Ramalina celastri (Spreng.) Krog & Swinscow, (1976) reported as Ramalina linearis (Sw.) Ach. 1810^[1]
Ramalina complanata (Sw.) Ach. 1810^[1]
Ramalina cuspidata (Ach.) Nyl. 1870^[1]
Ramalina cuspidata f. implexa H. Olivier 1892^[1]
Ramalina dendriscoides Nyl. 1876^[1]
Ramalina denticulata (Eschw.) Nyl. 1863^[1]
Ramalina duriaei Jatta (sic)^[1] possibly (De Not.) Bagl. 1879, accepted as Ramalina lacera (With.) J.R. Laundon, (1984)
Ramalina ecklonii (Spreng.) Meyen & Flot. 1843^[1]
Ramalina euphorbiae Vain. 1901^[1]
Ramalina evernioides Nyl. 1857^[1]
Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. 1810^[1]
Ramalina farinacea var. squarrosa Müll. Arg. 1883^[1] accepted as Ramalina peruviana Ach., (1810)
Ramalina fastigiata (Pers.) Ach. 1810^[1]
Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. 1810^[1]
Ramalina fraxinea var. fastigiata (Lilj.) Fr. 1826^[1]
Ramalina geniculata Hook. f. & Taylor 1844,^[1] accepted as Ramalina inflata (Hook. f. & Taylor) Hook. f. & Taylor, (1845)
Ramalina geniculata f. tenuis Hue.^[1]*
Ramalina geniculata var. olivacea Müll. Arg. 1879^[1] accepted as Ramalina inflata (Hook. f. & Taylor) Hook. f. & Taylor, (1845)
Ramalina gracilis (Pers.) Nyl. 1860;^[1]
Ramalina implexa Laur. (sic)^[1]possibly (Nyl.) Krog 1994
Ramalina inflata (Hook. f. & Taylor) Hook. f. & Taylor, (1845) reported as Ramalina geniculata Hook. f. & Taylor 1844,^[1]
Ramalina intermedia (Delise ex Nyl.) Nyl. 1873^[1]
Ramalina lacera (With.) J.R. Laundon, (1984) possibly repoerted as Ramalina duriaei Jatta (sic)^[1] possibly (De Not.) Bagl. 1879
Ramalina lanceolata Nyl. 1870^[1]
Ramalina linearis (Sw.) Ach. 1810^[1] accepted as Ramalina celastri (Spreng.) Krog & Swinscow, (1976)
Ramalina melanothrix Laurer 1860^[1] accepted as Niebla melanothrix (Laurer) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S. Ekman, (2018)
Ramalina membranacea Laur.^[1] possibly Mont. 1839
Ramalina peruviana Ach., (1810) reported as Ramalina farinacea var. squarrosa Müll. Arg. 1883^[1]
Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach. 1810^[1]
Ramalina pollinaria f. cariosa Laurer 1870^[1]
Ramalina pusilla Le Prévost ex Duby 1830 ^[1]
Ramalina scopulorum (Ach.) Ach. 1810^[1] accepted as Ramalina siliquosa (Huds.) A.L. Sm., (1918)
Ramalina scopulorum var. cornuata (Ach.) Ach. 1810^[1] accepted as Ramalina cuspidata (Ach.) Nyl., (1870)
Ramalina scopulorum var. humilis Schaer.^[1]
Ramalina scopulorum var. implexa Nyl.^[1]
Ramalina siliquosa (Huds.) A.L. Sm., (1918) reported as Ramalina scopulorum (Ach.) Ach. 1810^[1]
Ramalina subfraxinea Nyl. 1870^[1]
Ramalina usnea (L.) R. Howe 1914 ^[1]
Ramalina usnea var. capensis (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1930;^[1]
Ramalina usnea var. contorta (Flot.) Zahlbr. 1930;^[1]
Ramalina usneoides (Ach.) Mont. 1837^[1]
Ramalina usneoides var. capensis Nyl.^[1]
Ramalina usneoides var. contorta Flotow.^[1] wccepted as Ramalina usnea (L.) R. Howe 1914
Ramalina webbii var. capensis A. Massal. 1861^[1]
Ramalina yemensis (Ach.) Nyl. 1870.^[1]
Ramalina yemensis f. fenestralis Stizenb. 1890^[1]
Ramalina yemensis f. sublinearis Nyl. 1870^[1]
Ramalina yemensis f. tenuissima Müll.Arg.^[2]*
Ramalina yemensis var. ecklonii (Spreng.) Vain. 1890^[2]
Ramalina yemensis var. lanceolata Nyl.^[2]*
Ramalina yemensis var. membranacea (Laurer) Nyl. 1870^[2]
Ramalina yemensis var. tenuissima (Meyen & Flot.) Zahlbr. 1930^[2] accep-ted as Ramalina celastri (Spreng.) Krog & Swinscow, (1976)

Genus: Ramularia Unger 1833

Ramularia areola G.F. Atk. 1890^[2] accepted as Ramularia gossypii (Speg.) Cif., (1962)
Ramularia gossypii (Speg.) Cif., (1962) reported as Ramularia areola G.F. Atk. 1890^[2]
Ramularia primulae Thüm. 1878^[2]
Ramularia richardiae Kalchbr. & Cooke 1880^[2]
Ramularia rumicis Kalchbr. & Cooke 1880^[2]

Genus: Ravenelia Berk. 1853

Ravenelia atrides Syd. & P. Syd. 1912^[2] accepted as Uredopeltis atrides (Syd. & P. Syd.) A.R. Wood, (2007)
Ravenelia baumiana Henn. 1903^[2]
Ravenelia bottomleyae Doidge 1927^[2] accepted as Spumula bottomleyae (Doidge) Thirum., (1946)
Ravenelia deformans (Maubl.) Dietel 1906^[2] accepted as Ravenelia hieronymi Speg., (1881)
Ravenelia dichrostachydis Doidge 1927,^[2]
Ravenelia elephantorhizae Doidge 1927^[2]
Ravenelia escharoides Syd. & P. Syd. 1912^[2]
Ravenelia evansii Syd. & P. Syd. 1912,^[2]
Ravenelia glabra Kalchbr. & Cooke 1880^[2]
Ravenelia halsei Doidge 1939^[2]
Ravenelia hieronymi Speg., (1881) recorded as Ravenelia deformans (Maubl.) Dietel 1906^[2]
Ravenelia indigoferae Tranzschel ex Dietel 1894^[2]
Ravenelia inornata (Kalchbr.) Dietel 1894^[2]
Ravenelia laevis Dietel & Holw. 1897^[2]
Ravenelia le-testui Maubl., (1906)^[2]
Ravenelia macowaniana Pazschke 1894^[2]
Ravenelia minima Cooke 1882^[2]
Ravenelia modesta Doidge 1939^[2]
Ravenelia munduleae Henn. 1896^[2]
Ravenelia natalensis Syd., P. Syd. & Pole-Evans 1912^[2]
Ravenelia ornamentalis (Kalchbr.) Dietel 1906^[2]
Ravenelia peglerae Pole-Evans 1950^[2]
Ravenelia pienaarii Doidge 1927^[2]
Ravenelia pretoriensis Syd. & P. Syd. 1912^[2]
Ravenelia stictica Berk. & Broome 1873^[2]
Ravenelia tephrosiae Kalchbr. 1886.^[2]
Ravenelia transvaalensis Doidge 1939^[2]
Ravenelia woodii Pazschke 1894,.^[2]

Rh

Genus: Rhachomyces Thaxt. 1895

Rhachomyces dolicaontis Thaxt., [as dolichaontis] (1901)^[2]

Genus: Rhinocladium Sacc. & Marchal 1885

Rhinocladium beurmanni (Matr. & Ramond) Vuill. 1910^[2] accepted as Sporothrix schenckii Hektoen & C.F. Perkins, (1900)

Genus: Rhinosporidium Minchin & Fantham 1905 (Mesomycetozoea) (Protozoa)

Rhinosporidium kinealyi Minchin & Fantham 1905^[2]
Rhinosporidium seeberi (Wernicke) Seeber 1912^[2]
Rhinosporidium sp.^[2]

Genus: Rhinotrichum Corda 1837

Rhinotrichum curtisii Berk. 1867^[2] accepted as Acladium curtisii (Berk.) M.B. Ellis, (1976)
Rhinotrichum rubiginosum Lloyd (sic)^[2] possibly (Fr.) Sumst. 1911 accepted as Botryobasidium rubiginosum (Fr.) Rossman & W.C. Allen, (2016)

Genus: Rhizina Fr. 1815,

Rhizina inflata Karst. (sic)^[2] possobly (Schaeff.) Quél. 1886
Rhizina resupinata Lloyd^[2]*

Genus: Rhizocarpon Ramond ex DC. 1805 (Lichens)

Rhizocarpon affine G. Merr.^[2]
Rhizocarpon badioatrum var. alboatrum Malme 1922,^[2] accepted as Rhizocarpon richardii (Lamy ex Nyl.) Zahlbr., (1926)
Rhizocarpon capense Zahlbr. 1936^[2]
Rhizocarpon disporum var. montagnei (Flot.) Zahlbr. 1926,^[2] accepted as Rhizocarpon disporum (Nägeli ex Hepp) Müll. Arg., (1879)
Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. 1805^[2]
Rhizocarpon geographicum f. atrovirens (L.) A. Massal. 1853^[2] accepted as Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. 1805
Rhizocarpon geographicum f. intermedium (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1926^[2]
Rhizocarpon montagnei Körb. 1855^[2] accepted as Rhizocarpon disporum (Nägeli ex Hepp) Müll. Arg., (1879)
Rhizocarpon patellarium (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1926^[2]
Rhizocarpon richardii (Lamy ex Nyl.) Zahlbr., (1926) recorded as Rhizocarpon badioatrum var. alboatrum Malme 1922,^[2]
Rhizocarpon viridiatrum (Wulfen) Körb. 1855^[2]

Genus: Rhizoctonia DC. 1815

Rhizoctonia bataticola (Taubenh.) E.J.Butler, (1925),^[2] accepted as Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. (1947)
Rhizoctonia crocorum (Pers.) DC. 1815^[2] accepted as Helicobasidium purpureum (Tul.) Pat. 1885
Rhizoctonia lamellifera W.Small (1924),^[2] accepted as Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. (1947)
Rhizoctonia solani J.G. Kühn 1858^[2]
Rhizoctonia sp.^[2]

Genus: Rhizomyces

Rhizomyces confusus Thaxt.^[2]

Genus: Rhizopogon

Rhizopogon capfcnsis Lloyd ex Verw.^[2]
Rhizopogon luteolus Fr.^[2]
Rhizopogon niger Zeller & Dodge.^[2]
Rhizopogon pachyphloeus Zeller & Dodge.^[2]
Rhizopogon radicans Lloyd^[2]
Rhizopogon rubescens Tul.^[2]

Genus: Rhizopus

Rhizopus arhizus Fisch.^[2]
Rhizopus artocarpi Racib. (1900),^[2] accepted as Rhizopus stolonifer Vuillemin (1902)
Rhizopus nigricans Ehrenberg (1820),^[2] accepted as Rhizopus stolonifer (Ehrenb.) Vuill., (1902)
Rhizopus stolonifer (Ehrenb.) Vuill., (1902),^[2]

Genus: Rhodopaxillus Maire 1913, accepted as Lepista (Fr.) W.G. Sm., (1870)

Rhodopaxillus caffrorum (Kalchbr. & MacOwan) Singer 1942^[2] accepted as Lepista caffrorum (Kalchbr. & MacOwan) Singer, (1951)

Genus: Rhodotorula F.C. Harrison 1927

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (A. Jörg.) F.C. Harrison 1928^[2]

Genus: Rhopalospora*

Rhopalospora caffra Massal.^[2]*

Genus: Rhynchosphaeria (Sacc.) Berl. 1890

Rhynchosphaeria fagarae Doidge 1941^[2]

Genus: Rhynchosporium Heinsen ex A.B. Frank 1897,

Rhynchosporium secalis (Oudem.) Davis 1919^[2]

Genus: Rhytisma Fr. 1819

Rhytisma eugeniacearum Corda 1840^[2]
Rhytisma grewiae Kalchbr. 1880^[2] accepted as Phyllachora grewiae (Kalchbr.) Theiss. & Syd., (1915)
Rhytisma melianthi Thüm. 1876^[2] accepted as Phyllachora melianthi (Thüm.) Sacc., (1883)
Rhytisma myricae Mont. 1856^[2]
Rhytisma porrigo Cooke 1882^[2] accepted as Cycloschizon porrigo (Cooke) Arx, (1962)

Ri

Genus: Ricasolia A.Massal. (1855), accepted as Solenopsora A.Massal. (1855) (Lichens)

Ricasolia crenulata var. stenospora Nyl. 1859^[2]
Ricasolia erosa (Eschw.) Nyl. 1860^[2] accepted as Emmanuelia erosa (Eschw.) Lücking, M. Cáceres & Ant. Simon, (2020)
Ricasolia patinifera (Taylor) Müll. Arg. 1888^[2] accepted as Emmanuelia patinifera (Taylor) Lücking, M. Cáceres & Ant. Simon, (2020)
Ricasolia ravenelii (Tuck.) Nyl. 1863^[2] accepted as Emmanuelia ravenelii (Tuck.) Ant. Simon & Goffinet, (2020)
Ricasolia sublaevis Nyl. 1868^[2]

Genus: Rinodina (Ach.) Gray 1821 (Lichens)

Rinodina aethalea Ach.^[2]*
Rinodina albotincta (sic) Zahlbr.^[2] possibly Rinodina albocincta Zahlbr., (1936)
Rinodina bicolor Zahlbr. 1932^[2]
Rinodina capensis Hampe 1861^[2]
Rinodina confragulosa (sic) Müll.Arg.^[2] possibly Rinodina confragosula (Nyl.) Müll. Arg. 1887,
Rinodina conspersa Müll. Arg. 1889^[2]
Rinodina deminutula (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1931^[2]
Rinodina detecta (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1931^[2]
Rinodina exigua (Ach.) Gray 1821^[2]
Rinodina ficta (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1931^[2]
Rinodina hufferiana (sic) Müll.Arg.^[2] probably Rinodina huefferiana Müll. Arg. 1880
Rinodina huillensis Vain. 1901^[2]
Rinodina microlepida Müll. Arg. 1888^[2]
Rinodina microphthalma A. Massal. 1861^[2]
Rinodina oreina (Ach.) A. Massal. 1852,^[2] accepted as Dimelaena oreina (Ach.) Norman, (1852)
Rinodina roboris (Dufour ex Nyl.) Arnold 1881^[2]
Rinodina sophodes (Ach.) A. Massal. 1852^[2]
Rinodina sophodes var. atroalbida (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1931 [as atroalba]^[2]
Rinodina sophodes var. ledienii Stein 1888^[2]
Rinodina teichophiloides (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1931^[2] accepted as Rinodina blastidiata Matzer & H. Mayrhofer, (1994)

Genus: Rizalia Syd. & P. Syd. 1914

Rizalia confusa Doidge 1924^[2]

Ro

Genus: Roccella DC. 1805 (Lichens)

Roccella arnoldi Vain. 1901^[2]
Roccella fuciformis (L.) DC., (1805),^[2]
Roccella fucoides (Neck.) Vain. 1901^[2] accepted as Roccella phycopsis Ach., (1810)
Roccella fucoides var. arnoldi (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1915^[2]
Roccella hereroensis Vain. 1900^[2]
Roccella hypomecha (Ach.) Bory 1828^[2] accepted as Roccellina hypomecha (Ach.) Tehler, (2007)
Roccella hypomecha var. benguellensis Vain. 1901^[2]
Roccella hypomecha var. isabellina Vain. 1901^[2]
Roccella linearis var. guineensis Vain. 1901^[2]
Roccella linearis var. primaria Vain. 1901^[2]
Roccella mollusca (Ach.) Nyl. 1858^[2] accepted as Combea mollusca (Ach.) Nyl., (1860)
Roccella montagnei Bél. (1834),^[2]
Roccella mossamedana Vain. 1901^[2]
Roccella phycopsis Ach. (1810),^[2]
Roccella podocarpa Vain. 1901^[2]
Roccella tinctoria DC. 1805^[2] accepted as Roccella phycopsis Ach., (1810)
Roccella tinctoria f. complanata Vain. 1901^[2]
Roccella tinctoria var. hypomecha (Ach.) Ach. 1810^[2] accepted as Roccellina hypomecha (Ach.) Tehler, (2007)
Roccella tinctoria var. subpodicellata Vain. 1901^[2]

Family: Roccellaceae Chevall. 1826^[2]

Genus: Rosellinia De Not. 1844

Rosellinia aquila (Fr.) Ces. & De Not. 1844^[3]
Rosellinia subiculata (Schwein.) Sacc. 1882^[3]
Rosellinia sp.^[3]

Genus: Rosenscheldia Speg. 1885 accepted as Botryosphaeria Ces. & De Not., (1863)

Rosenscheldia horridula Doidge 1921^[3]

Ru

Genus: Russula Pers. 1796

Russula cyanoxantha (Schaeff.) Fr. 1863^[3]
Russula integra (L.) Fr. 1838^[3]
Russula pectinata Fr. 1838,^[3]
Russula rubra (Lam.) Fr. 1838^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 Doidge 1950, p. 1079.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 Doidge 1950, p. 1080.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Doidge 1950, p. 1081.

Sources

Doidge, Ethel (1950). "Titles of Works, not included in the General bibliography, and Index to Fungi and Lichens". Bothalia. Bothalia [Online]. 5 (1): 1030–1094. doi:10.4102/abc.v5i1.1880. Retrieved 29 July 2021 – via journals.abcjournal.aosis.co.za.

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