List of fungi of South Africa – F

Last updated May 21, 2025

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

Fa

Genus: Fabraea Sacc. 1881 accepted? as Leptotrochila P. Karst., (1871)

Fabraea litigiosa Sacc. (sic)^[1] possibly (Roberge ex Desm.) Gillet 1886
Fabraea maculata (Lév.) G.F. Atk. 1951^[1] accepted as Diplocarpon mespili (Sorauer) B. Sutton, 1980)

Genus: Farysia Racib. 1909

Farysia olivacea (DC.) Syd. & P. Syd. 1920^[1] accepted as Farysia thuemenii (A.A. Fisch. Waldh.) Nannf., (1959)

Genus: Favolus Fr., (1828)

Favolus agariceus (Berk.) Lév. 1844^[1] accepted as Lentinus arcularius (Batsch) Zmitr., (2010)
Favolus brasiliensis (Fr.) Fr. 1830^[1] accepted as Favolus tenuiculus P. Beauv., (1806)
Favolus dermoporus Torrend ex Lloyd.(sic)^[1] possibly (Pers.) Lév. 1846 accepted as Favolus tenuiculus P. Beauv., (1806)
Favolus europaeus Fr. 1838^[1]
Favolus friesii Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1868^[1]
Favolus jacobaeus Sacc. & Berl. 1889^[1]
Favolus megaloporus Bres. 1912^[1]
Favolus moluccensis Mont. 1843^[1] accepted as Royoporus spatulatus (Jungh.) A.B. De [as 'spathulatus'], (1996)
Favolus multiplex Lév. 1844, [as 'multiple']^[1] accepted as Favolus grammocephalus (Berk.) Imazeki, (1943)
Favolus natalensis Fr. 1848^[1]
Favolus rhipidium (Berk.) Sacc. 1888^[1] accepted as Panellus pusillus (Pers. ex Lév.) Burds. & O.K. Mill., (1975)
Favolus spathulatus Bres. (sic)^[1] possibly Favolus spatulatus (Jungh.) Lév. [as spathulatus], (1844) accepted as Royoporus spatulatus (Jungh.) A.B. De [as spathulatus], (1996)
Favolus tenuiculus P. Beauv., (1806) reported as Favolus brasiliensis (Fr.) Fr. 1830,^[1] Favolus tessellatus Mont. (1843) [as tesselatus]^[1] and possibly Favolus dermoporus Torrend ex Lloyd.(sic)^[1]
Favolus tessellatus Mont. (1843) [as tesselatus]^[1] accepted as Favolus tenuiculus P. Beauv., (1806)

Genus: Favotrichophyton (Castell. & Chalm.) Neveu-Lem. 1921 accepted as Trichophyton Malmsten, (1848)

Favotrichophyton violaceum (Sabour. ex E. Bodin) C.W. Dodge 1935^[1] accepted as Trichophyton violaceum Sabour. ex E. Bodin, (1902)

Fe

Genus: Femsjonia Fr. 1849 accepted as Ditiola Fr., (1822)

Femsjonia natalensis Cooke 1882;^[1]

Genus: Ferrarisia Sacc. 1919

Ferrarisia jasmini Doidge 1942^[1] accepted as Palawaniella jasmini (Doidge) Arx & E. Müll., (1975)

Fi

Family: Fistuliniodeae ^[1]*

Genus: Fistulina Bull. 1791

Fistulina africana Van der Byl 1928^[1]

Fl

Genus: Flammula (Fr.) P. Kumm. 1871

Flammula alnicola Quel. {sic}^[1] poaaibly (Fr.) P. Kumm. 1871
Flammula flavida Quel. (sic)^[1] possibly (Schaeff.) P. Kumm. 1871 accepted as Pholiota flavida (Schaeff.) Singer, [1949]
Flammula harmoge Karst. (sic)^[1] possibly (Fr.) Sacc. 1887
Flammula hybrida Gillet 1876,^[1] accepted as Gymnopilus hybridus (Gillet) Maire, (1933)
Flammula janus (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. 1887^[1]
Flammula sapinea Quel. (sic)^[1] possibly (Fr.) P. Kumm. 1871 accepted as Gymnopilus sapineus (Fr.) Murrill, (1912)
Flammula tilopus (Kalchbr. & MacOwan) Sacc. 1887^[1] accepted as Pholiota tilopus (Kalchbr. & MacOwan) D.A. Reid, (1975)

Fo

Genus: Fomes (Fr.) Fr. 1849

Fomes albomarginatus (Zipp. ex Lév.) Cooke 1885,^[1] accepted as Skeletocutis albomarginata (Zipp. ex Lév.) Rui Du & Y.C. Dai, (2020)
Fomes annosus (Fr.) Cooke 1885^[1] accepted as Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref., (1888)
Fomes annularis Lloyd 1912^[1] accepted as Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat., (1889)
Fomes applanatus Karst (sic)^[1] possibly (Pers.) Fr. 1849 accepted as Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat., (1887)
Fomes australis (Fr.) Cooke 1885^[1] accepted as Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat., (1889)
Fomes badius Cooke 1885^[1] accepted as Phellinus badius (Cooke) G. Cunn., (1965)
Fomes caryophylli (Racib.) Bres. 1912,^[1] accepted as Phellinus caryophylli (Racib.) G. Cunn., (1965)
Fomes chilensis Cooke. (sic)^[1] possibly (Fr.) Sacc. 1888, accepted as Ganoderma chilense (Fr.) Pat., (1889)
Fomes conchatus (Pers.) Gillet 1878,^[1] accepted as Phellinopsis conchata (Pers.) Y.C. Dai, (2010)
Fomes connatus (Weinm.) Gillet 1878^[1] accepted as Oxyporus populinus (Schumach.) Donk, (1933)
Fomes curtisii (Berk.) Cooke 1885,^[1] accepted as Ganoderma curtisii (Berk.) Murrill, (1908)
Fomes dialeri Bres. & Torrend [as 'dialerii'],(1905)^[1] accepted as Phellinus rimosus (Berk.) Pilát, (1940)
Fomes durissimus Lloyd 1920^[1] accepted as Fulvifomes durissimus (Lloyd) Bondartseva & S. Herrera, (1992)
Fomes endotheius Cooke (sic)^[1] possibly (Berk.) Sacc. 1888
Fomes fastuosus (Lév.) Cooke 1885^[1] accepted as Phellinus fastuosus (Lév.) S. Ahmad, (1972)
Fomes focalis Cooke (sic)^[1] possibly (Kalchbr.) Sacc. 1888
Fomes fomentarius Kockx (sic)^[1] possibly (L.) Fr. 1849,
Fomes fulvus (Scop.) Gillet 1878^[1]
Fomes fusco-purpureus Boud.(sic)^[1] possibly Fomes fuscopurpureus Cooke [as fusco-purpureus], (1885)
Fomes geotropus (Cooke) Cooke 1885^[1] accepted as Rigidoporus ulmarius (Sowerby) Imazeki, (1952)
Fomes glaucoporus Lloyd 1915^[1] accepted as Perenniporia inflexibilis (Berk.) Ryvarden, (1972)
Fomes hemileucus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc. 1885 ^[1] accepted as Fomitella supina (Sw.) Murrill, (1905)
Fomes hornodermus (Mont.) Cooke 1885,^[1] accepted as Perenniporia martia (Berk.) Ryvarden (1972)
Fomes igniarius Kickx (sic)^[1] possibly (L.) Fr. 1849 accepted as Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quél., (1886)
Fomes kermes Cooke (sic)^[1] possibly (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. 1888
Fomes leucophaeus (Mont.) Cooke 1885^[1] accepted as Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat., (1887)
Fomes lividus Cooke (sic)^[1]possibly (Kalchbr.) Sacc. 1888, accepted as Truncospora livida (Kalchbr. ex Cooke) Zmitr., (2018)
Fomes lucidus Levss. ex Fr. (sic)^[1] possibly (Curtis) Sacc. 1888 accepted as Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst., (1881)
Fomes mastoporus (Lév.) Cooke 1885^[1] accepted as Ganoderma orbiforme (Fr.) Ryvarden (2000)
Fomes mcgregori Bres. 1912^[1] accepted as Fulvifomes mcgregorii (Bres.) Y.C. Dai [as 'macgregorii'], (2010)
Fomes melanoporus Cooke (sic)^[1] possibly (Mont.) Sacc. 1885, accepted as Nigrofomes melanoporus (Mont.) Murrill, (1904)
Fomes minutulus Henn. 1895,^[1] accepted as Perenniporia inflexibilis (Berk.) Ryvarden, (1972)
Fomes mundulus Wakef. 1936^[1] accepted as Perenniporia mundula (Wakef.) Ryvarden, (1972)
Fomes niaouli (Pat.) Lloyd 1915^[1] accepted as Phellinus rimosus (Berk.) Pilát, (1940)
Fomes nubilis Cooke var. albo-limbatus Kalchbr.(sic)^[1] possibly Fomes nubilus var. albolimbatus (Cooke) Sacc. 1888
Fomes oroflavus Lloyd 1915^[1] accepted as Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat., (1889)
Fomes pectinatus (Klotzsch) Gillet 1885^[1] accepted as Phylloporia pectinata (Klotzsch) Ryvarden, (1991)
Fomes pinicola Cooke (sic)^[1] possibly (Sw.) Fr. 1849 accepted as Fomitopsis pinicola (Sw.) P. Karst., (1881)
Fomes pseudosenex (Murrill) Sacc. & Trotter 1912^[1]
Fomes rimosus (Berk.) Cooke 1885^[1] accepted as Phellinus rimosus (Berk.) Pilát, (1940)
Fomes robinsoniae (Murrill) Sacc. & Trotter 1912^[1] accepted as Fuscoporia wahlbergii (Fr.) T. Wagner & M. Fisch., (2001)
Fomes robustus P. Karst. 1889^[1] accepted as Fomitiporia robusta (P. Karst.) Fiasson & Niemelä, (1984)
Fomes salicinus Kirckx. (sic)^[1] possibly (Pers. ex J.F. Gmel.) Gillet 1878, accepted as Phellinopsis conchata (Pers.) Y.C. Dai, (2010)
Fomes senex (Nees & Mont.) Cooke 1885^[1] accepted as Fuscoporia senex (Nees & Mont.) Ghob.-Nejh., (2007)
Fomes torulosus (Pers.) Lloyd 1910^[1] accepted as Fuscoporia torulosa (Pers.) T. Wagner & M. Fisch., (2001)
Fomes umbraculum (Fr.) Sacc. 1888^[1]
Fomes vegetus Cooke (sic)^[1] possibly (Fr.) Fr. 1849
Fomes yucatanensis (Murrill) Sacc. & D. Sacc. 1905^[1] accepted as Phellinus yucatanensis (Murrill) Imazeki [as yucatensis], (1943)
Fomes zambesianus (Lloyd) Sacc. & Trotter 1925,^[1] accepted as Amauroderma preussii (Henn.) Steyaert, (1972)
Fomes zuluensis Wakef. 1948^[1] accepted as Fomitopsis zuluensis (Wakef.) Ryvarden [as zuuluensis], (1972)

Genus Fomitella

Fomitella supina (Sw.) Murrill, (1905) recorded as Fomes hemileucus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc. 1885 ^[1]

Fr

Genus: Fracchiaea Sacc. 1873

Fracchiaea heterogenea Sacc. 1873^[1]

Fr

Genus: Fumago Pers. 1822

Fumago vagans Pers. 1822^[1]

Fu

Genus: Fusarium Link 1809

Fusarium acuminatum Ellis & Everh., (1895) recorded as Fusarium scirpi Lambotte & Fautrey 1894^[1]
Fusarium aloes Kalchbr. & Cooke 1880^[1]
Fusarium angustum Sherb. 1915^[1] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium argillaceum (Fr.) Sacc. 1886^[1] accepted as Rectifusarium ventricosum (Appel & Wollenw.) L. Lombard & Crous, (2015)
Fusarium avenaceum (Fr.) Sacc. 1886^[1]
Fusarium avenaceum f. 1 Wollenw. & Reinking^[1] possibly Fusarium avenaceum var. volutum (Wollenw.) Wollenw. & Reinking, (1935) accepted as Fusarium avenaceum (Fr.) Sacc., (1886)
Fusarium baccharidicola Henn. 1908^[2]
Fusarium bulbigenum Cooke & Massee 1887^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium bulbigenum var. blasticola (Rostr.) Wollenw. 1931^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium bulbigenum var. lycopersici (Sacc.) Wollenw. & Reinking 1930^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium bulbigenum var. niveum (E.F. Sm.) Wollenw. 1931^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium bulbigenum var. tracheiphilum (E.F. Sm.) Wollenw. 1931^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium cepae Hanzawa 1914^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium chlamydosporum Wollenw. & Reinking 1925^[2]
Fusarium ciliatum Link 1825^[2]
Fusarium coccinellum Kalchbr. 1875^[2]
Fusarium coccophilum (Desm.) Wollenw. & Reinking 1935^[2] accepted as Microcera coccophila Desm., (1848)
Fusarium coeruleum Sacc.^[2]
Fusarium compactum (Wollenw.) Raillo, (1950) recorded as Fusarium scirpi var. compactum Wollenw. 1930^[2]
Fusarium conglutinans Wollenw. 1913^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium conglutinans var. callistephi Beach 1918^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium conglutinans var. majus Wollenw. 1930^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium congoense Wollenw. 1916^[2] accepted as Fusarium heterosporum Nees & T. Nees, (1818)
Fusarium congoense var. septatius Wollenw. 1924^[2]
Fusarium culmorum (Wm.G. Sm.) Sacc. 1892^[2]
Fusarium decemcellulare Brick 1908^[2] accepted as Albonectria rigidiuscula (Berk. & Broome) Rossman & Samuels, (1999)
Fusarium dianthi Prill. & Delacr. 1899^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium dimerum Penz. 1882^[2] accepted as Bisifusarium dimerum (Penz.) L. Lombard & Crous, (2015)
Fusarium diversisporum Sherb. 1915 [as diversisporium]^[2]
Fusarium equiseti (Corda) Sacc. 1886^[2]
Fusarium equiseti var. bullatum (Sherb.) Wollenw. 1930^[2] accepted as Fusarium gibbosum Appel & Wollenw., (1910) [1913]
Fusarium expansum Schltdl. 1824^[2]
Fusarium filiferum (Preuss) Wollenw., (1916) recorded as Fusarium scirpi var. filiferum (Preuss) Wollenw. 1916^[2]
Fusarium graminearum Schwabe 1839^[2]
Fusarium granulare Kalchbr. 1882 as ''granulari'' ^[2]
Fusarium heterosporum Nees & T. Nees 1818^[2]
Fusarium heterosporum var. congoense (Wollenw.) Wollenw. 1931 [as congoensis]^[2]
Fusarium incarnatum (Desm.) Sacc. 1886^[2]
Fusarium javanicum Koord. 1907^[2] accepted as Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc., (1881)
Fusarium javanicum var. radicicola Wollenw. 1931^[2] accepted as Fusarium solani (Mart.) Sacc., (1881)
Fusarium lateritium Nees 1816^[2]
Fusarium lateritium var. longum Wollenw. 1916^[2] accepted as Fusarium stilboides Wollenw., (1924)
Fusarium lateritium var. majus (Wollenw.) Wollenw. 1930^[2] accepted as Fusarium lateritium Nees, (1816) [1816-17]
Fusarium lini Bolley 1901^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium lycopersici Bruschi 1912^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium moniliforme J. Sheld. 1904^[2] accepted as Fusarium fujikuroi Nirenberg, (1976)
Fusarium moniliforme var. erumpens Wollenw. & Reinking 1925^[2] accepted as Fusarium fujikuroi Nirenberg, (1976)
Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans Wollenw. & Reinking 1925^[2] accepted as Fusarium fujikuroi Nirenberg, (1976)
Fusarium orthoceras Appel & Wollenw. 1910^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium orthoceras var. albidoviolaceum (Dasz.) Wollenw. 1916^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium neocosmosporiellum O'Donnell & Geiser, (2013) recorded as Fusarium vasinfectum var. pisi C.J.J. Hall 1903^[2]
Fusarium orthoceras var. longius (Sherb.) Wollenw. 1916^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl. 1824,^[2]
Fusarium oxysporum f. 1 Wollenw.^[2]*
Fusarium oxysporum f. 7 Wollenw.^[2]*
Fusarium oxysporum f. 8 Snyder.^[2]*
Fusarium oxysporum var. aurantiacum (Link) Wollenw. 1931^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium oxysporum var. cubense (E.F. Sm.) Wollenw. 1935^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium oxvsporum var. gladioli Massey 1926^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium oxysporum var. nicotianae J. Johnson 1920^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium pallidoroseum (Cooke) Sacc., (1886) recorded as Fusarium semitectum var. majus Wollenw. 1930^[2]
Fusarium putaminum (Thüm.) Sacc. 1886^[2]
Fusarium redolens Wollenw. f. 1 Wollenw.^[2] possibly Fusarium redolens Wollenw. 1913
Fusarium reticulatum Mont. f. 1 Wollenw.^[2] possibly Fusarium reticulatum Mont. 1843
Fusarium roseum Kalchbr. (sic)^[2] possibly Link 1809
Fusarium sambucinum Fuckel 1870^[2] accepted as Fusarium roseum Link, (1809)
Fusarium sambucinum f. 2 Wollenw.^[2] probably accepted as Fusarium roseum Link, (1809)
Fusarium sambucinum f. 6 Wollenw.^[2] probably accepted as Fusarium roseum Link, (1809)
Fusarium scirpi Lambotte & Fautrey 1894^[2] accepted as Fusarium acuminatum Ellis & Everh., (1895)
Fusarium scirpi var. acuminatum (Ellis & Everh.) Wollenw. 1930^[2] accepted as Fusarium acuminatum Ellis & Everh., (1895)
Fusarium scirpi var. compactum Wollenw. 1930^[2] accepted as Fusarium compactum (Wollenw.) Raillo, (1950)
Fusarium scirpi var. filiferum (Preuss) Wollenw. 1916^[2] accepted as Fusarium filiferum (Preuss) Wollenw., (1916)
Fusarium semitectum var. majus Wollenw. 1930^[2] accepted as Fusarium pallidoroseum (Cooke) Sacc., (1886)
Fusarium solani Appel & Wollenw. (sic)^[2](Mart.) Sacc. 1881
Fusarium solani var. martii f. 1 Wollenw.^[2] possibly (Appel & Wollenw.) Wollenw. 1930 accepted as F solani (Mart.) Sacc. 1881
Fusarium solani var. martii f. 2 Snyder^[2]**
Fusarium sporotrichioides Sherb. 1915^[2]
Fusarium stilboides Wollenw. 1924^[2]
Fusarium vasinfectum G.F. Atk. 1892^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium vasinfectum f. 2 Wollenw. & Reinking^[2]**
Fusarium vasinfectum var. lutulatum (Sherb.) Wollenw. 1930^[2] accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium vasinfectum var. pisi C.J.J. Hall 1903^[2] accepted as Fusarium neocosmosporiellum O'Donnell & Geiser, (2013)
Fusarium vasinfectum var. zonatum (Sherb.) f. 1 Wollenw.^[2] probably var. zonatum (Sherb.) Wollenw. 1930 accepted as Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl., (1824)
Fusarium vasinfectum var. zonatum f. 2 Wollenw.^[2]**
Fusarium sp.^[2]

Genus: Fusella Sacc. 1886

Fusella zambeziana Torrend 1914 [as zambesiana]^[2]

Genus: Fusicladium Bonord. 1851 accepted as Venturia Sacc., (1882)

Fusicladium crataegi Aderh. 1902^[2] accepted as Venturia crataegi Aderh., (1902)
Fusicladium dendriticum (Wallr.) Fuckel 1870^[2] accepted as Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) G. Winter, (1875)
Fusicladium dendriticum var. eriobotryae Scalia 1901^[2] accepted as Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) G. Winter, (1875)
Fusicladium eriobotryae (Cavara) Sacc. 1892^[2] accepted as Fusicladium pyracanthae (Thüm.) O. Rostr., (1912)
Fusicladium fuliginosum Kalchbr. & Cooke 1880^[2]
Fusicladium pyrorum (Lib.) Fuckel [as pirinum],(1870)^[2] accepted as Venturia pyrina Aderh. [as 'pirina'], (1896)
Fusicladium pirinum var. pyracanthae^[2] probably Fusicladium pyrorum var. pyracanthae Thüm. 1877, accepted as Fusicladium pyracanthae (Thüm.) O. Rostr., (1912)

Genus: Fusicoccum Corda 1829,

Fusicoccum africanum Van der Byl 1927^[2]
Fusicoccum viticola Reddick 1909, [as viticolum]^[2] accepted as Diaporthe neoviticola Udayanga, Crous & K.D. Hyde, (2012)

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. 5 (1). Bothalia [Online]: 1030–1094. doi:10.4102/abc.v5i1.1880 . Retrieved 29 July 2021– via journals.abcjournal.aosis.co.za.

List of fungi of South Africa – F

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