List of fungi of South Africa – R

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

Ra[]

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

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

Genus: Ramalina Ach. 1809 (Lichens)

Laurer ex Th. Fr. 1861^[1] accepted as Nyl., (1870)
(Dill. ex Ach.) Meyen & Flot. 1843^[1]
Nyl., (1870) reported as Laurer ex Th. Fr. 1861^[1]
Mont. ex Nyl. 1870^[1] accepted as (Mont. ex Nyl.) Rundel & Bowler [as bourgeana], (1978)
(L.) Röhl. 1813^[1]
f. ecklonii (Spreng.) Nyl. 1860,^[1] accepted as (Spreng.) Meyen & Flot. [as 'eckloni'], (1843)
var. angulosa Th. Fr. 1861^[1]
var. melanothrix (Laurer) Th. Fr. 1861^[1] accepted as (Laurer) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S. Ekman, (2018)
(Spreng.) Krog & Swinscow, (1976) reported as (Sw.) Ach. 1810^[1]
(Sw.) Ach. 1810^[1]
(Ach.) Nyl. 1870^[1]
f. implexa H. Olivier 1892^[1]
Nyl. 1876^[1]
(Eschw.) Nyl. 1863^[1]
Jatta (sic)^[1] possibly (De Not.) Bagl. 1879, accepted as (With.) J.R. Laundon, (1984)
(Spreng.) Meyen & Flot. 1843^[1]
Vain. 1901^[1]
Nyl. 1857^[1]
Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. 1810^[1]
Ramalina farinacea var. squarrosa Müll. Arg. 1883^[1] accepted as Ach., (1810)
Ramalina fastigiata (Pers.) Ach. 1810^[1]
Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. 1810^[1]
Ramalina fraxinea var. fastigiata (Lilj.) Fr. 1826^[1]
Hook. f. & Taylor 1844,^[1] accepted as (Hook. f. & Taylor) Hook. f. & Taylor, (1845)
f. tenuis Hue.^[1]*
var. olivacea Müll. Arg. 1879^[1] accepted as (Hook. f. & Taylor) Hook. f. & Taylor, (1845)
(Pers.) Nyl. 1860;^[1]
Laur. (sic)^[1]possibly (Nyl.) Krog 1994
(Hook. f. & Taylor) Hook. f. & Taylor, (1845) reported as Hook. f. & Taylor 1844,^[1]
(Delise ex Nyl.) Nyl. 1873^[1]
(With.) J.R. Laundon, (1984) possibly repoerted as Jatta (sic)^[1] possibly (De Not.) Bagl. 1879
Nyl. 1870^[1]
(Sw.) Ach. 1810^[1] accepted as (Spreng.) Krog & Swinscow, (1976)
Laurer 1860^[1] accepted as (Laurer) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S. Ekman, (2018)
Laur.^[1] possibly Mont. 1839
Ach., (1810) reported as Ramalina farinacea var. squarrosa Müll. Arg. 1883^[1]
(Westr.) Ach. 1810^[1]
f. cariosa Laurer 1870^[1]
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 (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]
Nyl. 1870^[1]
(L.) R. Howe 1914 ^[1]
var. capensis (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1930;^[1]
var. contorta (Flot.) Zahlbr. 1930;^[1]
(Ach.) Mont. 1837^[1]
var. capensis Nyl.^[1]
var. contorta Flotow.^[1] wccepted as (L.) R. Howe 1914
var. capensis A. Massal. 1861^[1]
(Ach.) Nyl. 1870.^[1]
f. fenestralis Stizenb. 1890^[1]
f. sublinearis Nyl. 1870^[1]
f. tenuissima Müll.Arg.^[2]*
var. ecklonii (Spreng.) Vain. 1890^[2]
var. lanceolata Nyl.^[2]*
var. membranacea (Laurer) Nyl. 1870^[2]
var. tenuissima (Meyen & Flot.) Zahlbr. 1930^[2] accep-ted as (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]
Kalchbr. & Cooke 1880^[2]
Kalchbr. & Cooke 1880^[2]

Genus: Berk. 1853

Syd. & P. Syd. 1912^[2] accepted as (Syd. & P. Syd.) A.R. Wood, (2007)
Henn. 1903^[2]
Doidge 1927^[2] accepted as (Doidge) Thirum., (1946)
(Maubl.) Dietel 1906^[2] accepted as Speg., (1881)
Doidge 1927,^[2]
Doidge 1927^[2]
Syd. & P. Syd. 1912^[2]
Syd. & P. Syd. 1912,^[2]
Kalchbr. & Cooke 1880^[2]
Doidge 1939^[2]
Speg., (1881) recorded as (Maubl.) Dietel 1906^[2]
Tranzschel ex Dietel 1894^[2]
(Kalchbr.) Dietel 1894^[2]
Dietel & Holw. 1897^[2]
Maubl., (1906)^[2]
Pazschke 1894^[2]
Cooke 1882^[2]
Doidge 1939^[2]
Henn. 1896^[2]
Syd., P. Syd. & Pole-Evans 1912^[2]
(Kalchbr.) Dietel 1906^[2]
Pole-Evans 1950^[2]
Doidge 1927^[2]
Syd. & P. Syd. 1912^[2]
Berk. & Broome 1873^[2]
Kalchbr. 1886.^[2]
Doidge 1939^[2]
Pazschke 1894,.^[2]

Rh[]

Genus: Rhachomyces Thaxt. 1895

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

Genus: Sacc. & Marchal 1885

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

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

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

Genus: Corda 1837

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

Genus: Rhizina Fr. 1815,

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

Genus: Rhizocarpon Ramond ex DC. 1805 (Lichens)

G. Merr.^[2]
var. alboatrum Malme 1922,^[2] accepted as (Lamy ex Nyl.) Zahlbr., (1926)
Zahlbr. 1936^[2]
var. montagnei (Flot.) Zahlbr. 1926,^[2] accepted as (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]
Körb. 1855^[2] accepted as (Nägeli ex Hepp) Müll. Arg., (1879)
(Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1926^[2]
(Lamy ex Nyl.) Zahlbr., (1926) recorded as 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

Thaxt.^[2]

Genus: Rhizopogon

Lloyd ex Verw.^[2]
Rhizopogon luteolus Fr.^[2]
Zeller & Dodge.^[2]
Zeller & Dodge.^[2]
Lloyd^[2]
Tul.^[2]

Genus: Rhizopus

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

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

Genus: Rhodotorula F.C. Harrison 1927

(A. Jörg.) F.C. Harrison 1928^[2]

Genus: *

Massal.^[2]*

Genus: Rhynchosphaeria (Sacc.) Berl. 1890

Doidge 1941^[2]

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

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

Genus: Rhytisma Fr. 1819

Corda 1840^[2]
Kalchbr. 1880^[2] accepted as (Kalchbr.) Theiss. & Syd., (1915)
Thüm. 1876^[2] accepted as (Thüm.) Sacc., (1883)
Mont. 1856^[2]
Cooke 1882^[2] accepted as (Cooke) Arx, (1962)

Ri[]

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

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

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

Ach.^[2]*
(sic) Zahlbr.^[2] possibly Zahlbr., (1936)
Zahlbr. 1932^[2]
Hampe 1861^[2]
(sic) Müll.Arg.^[2] possibly (Nyl.) Müll. Arg. 1887,
Müll. Arg. 1889^[2]
(Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1931^[2]
(Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1931^[2]
(Ach.) Gray 1821^[2]
(Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1931^[2]
(sic) Müll.Arg.^[2] probably Müll. Arg. 1880
Vain. 1901^[2]
Müll. Arg. 1888^[2]
A. Massal. 1861^[2]
(Ach.) A. Massal. 1852,^[2] accepted as Dimelaena oreina (Ach.) Norman, (1852)
(Dufour ex Nyl.) Arnold 1881^[2]
(Ach.) A. Massal. 1852^[2]
var. atroalbida (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1931 [as atroalba]^[2]
var. ledienii Stein 1888^[2]
(Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1931^[2] accepted as Matzer & H. Mayrhofer, (1994)

Genus: Rizalia Syd. & P. Syd. 1914

Doidge 1924^[2]

Ro[]

Genus: Roccella DC. 1805 (Lichens)

Vain. 1901^[2]
Roccella fuciformis (L.) DC., (1805),^[2]
(Neck.) Vain. 1901^[2] accepted as Roccella phycopsis Ach., (1810)
var. arnoldi (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1915^[2]
Vain. 1900^[2]
(Ach.) Bory 1828^[2] accepted as (Ach.) Tehler, (2007)
var. benguellensis Vain. 1901^[2]
var. isabellina Vain. 1901^[2]
var. guineensis Vain. 1901^[2]
var. primaria Vain. 1901^[2]
(Ach.) Nyl. 1858^[2] accepted as (Ach.) Nyl., (1860)
Roccella montagnei Bél. (1834),^[2]
Vain. 1901^[2]
Roccella phycopsis Ach. (1810),^[2]
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 (Ach.) Tehler, (2007)
Roccella tinctoria var. subpodicellata Vain. 1901^[2]

Family: Roccellaceae Chevall. 1826^[2]

Genus: Rosellinia De Not. 1844

(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)

Doidge 1921^[3]

Ru[]

Genus: Russula Pers. 1796

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

References[]

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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.