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: 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]

See also

• List of bacteria of South Africa
• List of Oomycetes of South Africa
• List of slime moulds of South Africa
• List of fungi of South Africa
  • List of fungi of South Africa – A
  • List of fungi of South Africa – B
  • List of fungi of South Africa – C
  • List of fungi of South Africa – D
  • List of fungi of South Africa – E
  • List of fungi of South Africa – F
  • List of fungi of South Africa – G
  • List of fungi of South Africa – H
  • List of fungi of South Africa – I
  • List of fungi of South Africa – J
  • List of fungi of South Africa – K
  • List of fungi of South Africa – L
  • List of fungi of South Africa – M
  • List of fungi of South Africa – N
  • List of fungi of South Africa – O
  • List of fungi of South Africa – P
  • List of fungi of South Africa – Q
  • List of fungi of South Africa – R
  • List of fungi of South Africa – S
  • List of fungi of South Africa – T
  • List of fungi of South Africa – U
  • List of fungi of South Africa – V
  • List of fungi of South Africa – W
  • List of fungi of South Africa – X
  • List of fungi of South Africa – Y
  • List of fungi of South Africa – Z

References

1. Doidge 1950, p. 1079.
2. Doidge 1950, p. 1080.
3. 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.

Further reading

• Kinge, Tonjock Rosemary; Goldman, Gary; Jacobs, Adriaana; Ndiritu, George Gatere; Gryzenhout, Marieka (2 May 2020). "A first checklist of macrofungi for South Africa". MycoKeys. 63: 1–48. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.63.36566 . ISSN   1314-4049. PMC   7015970 . PMID   32089638.