List_of_fungi_of_South_Africa_–_M

List of fungi of South Africa – M

List of fungi of South Africa – M

The Fungi recorded from South Africa - Taxa starting with M

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

Ma

Genus: Macowania

  • Macowania agaricina Berk.[1]

Genus: Macowaniella

  • Macowaniella congesta Doidge[1]
  • Macowaniella myrsinicola Doidge[1]

Genus: Macowanites Kalchbr. (1882), accepted as Russula Pers. (1796)

  • Macowanites agarieinum Kalchbr.[1]

Genus: Macrodiplodia

  • Macrodiplodia corticale Kalchbr. & Cooke[1]

Genus: Macrophoma

Genus: Macrophomina

Genus: Macrosporium

Genus: Madurella

Genus: Malacaria

  • Malacaria meliolieola Syd.[1]

Genus: Malassezia

Genus: Marasmius

Genus: Maronea (Lichen)

  • Maronea constans Hepp.[1]
  • Maronea crassilabra H.Magn.[1]
  • Maronea horizoides Wain.[1]

Genus: Marssonina

Genus: Massecella

  • Massecella flueggeae Syd. (sic)[1]

Me

Genus: Medusula

  • Medusula disjectans Nyl.[1]

Genus: Megalonectria

Genus: Megalospora

  • Megalospora lutea Flotow.[1]
  • Megalospora stellenboschiana Zahlbr.[1]
  • Megalospora versicolor Zahlbr.[1]

Genus: Megatrichophyton

  • Megatrichophyton roseum Doidge[1]

Family: Melampsoraceae[1] (Rusts)

Genus: Melampsora

  • Melampsora aecidioides Schroet.[1]
  • Melampsora helioscopiae Wint.[1]
  • Melampsora hyperici Schroet.[1]
  • Melampsora hypericorum Wint. var. australis Doidge[1]
  • Melampsora junodii Doidge[1]
  • Melampsora lini Lev.[1]
  • Melampsora mixta Schroet.[1]
  • Melampsora puccinioides Wint.[1]
  • Melampsora ricini Pass.[1]
  • Melampsora stratosa Cooke[1]
  • Melampsora tremulae Tul.[1]
  • Melampsora vitellinae Thuem.[1]

Genus: Melampsorella

  • Melampsorella ricini de Toni[1]

Genus: Melampydium

  • Melampydium metabolum Müll.Arg. subsp. africanum Zahlbr.[1]

Genus: Melanaspicilia

  • Melanaspicilia aethalea Wain.[1]
  • Melanaspicilia epichlora Vain.[1]

Genus: Melanconiaceae Melanconiaceae[1]

Genus: Melanconiales Melanconiales[1]

Genus: Melanconium

Genus: Melanogaster

Genus: Melanops

  • Melanops perseae Petrak.[1]

Genus: Melanopsamma

  • Melanopsamma parasitica Sacc.[1]

Genus: Melanopsichium

  • Melanopsichium austro-americanum G.Beck[1]

Genus: Melanospora

Genus: Melanotheca

  • Melanotheca oculea Stizenb.[1]

Genus: Melasmia

  • Melasmia confluens v.Hohn.[1]
  • Melasmia parinarii P.Henn.[1]

Genus: Melaspilea (Lichens and lichenocolous)

  • Melaspilea gemella Nyl.[1]

Genus: Melastiza

  • Melastiza charteri Boud.[1]

Genus: Meliola

  • Meliola acanthacearum Hansf.[1]
  • Meliola acridocarpi Doidge[1]
  • Meliola allophyli Doidge[1]
  • Meliola amphitricha Fr.[1]
  • Meliola apodytis v.d.Byl[1]
  • Meliola arcuata Doidge[1]
  • Meliola argentina Speg.[1]
  • Meliola atalayae Doidge[1]
  • Meliola atra Doidge[1]
  • Meliola azimae Doidge[1]
  • Meliola behniae Syd.[1]
  • Meliola bifida Cooke[1]
  • Meliola bosciae Doidge[1]
  • Meliola braehyodonta Syd.[1]
  • Meliola buxicola Doidge[2]
  • Meliola campylotricha Syd.[2]
  • Meliola capensis Theiss.[2]
  • Meliola capnodioides Thuem.[2]
  • Meliola carissae Doidge[2]
  • Meliola celtidicola v.d.Byl[2]
  • Meliola choristylidis Doidge[2]
  • Meliola cladophila Syd.[2]
  • Meliola chidotricha Lev.[2]
  • Meliola clavieulata Doidge[2]
  • Meliola cluytiae v.d.Byl.[2]
  • Meliola cnestidis Doidge[2]
  • Meliola comata Doidge[2]
  • Meliola conferta Doidge[2]
  • Meliola cryptocaryae Doidge[2]
  • Meliola cylindripoda Doidge[2]
  • Meliola dactylipoda Syd.[2]
  • Meliola ditricha Doidge[2]
  • Meliola doidgeae Syd.[2]
  • Meliola draeaenicola Pat. & Har.[2]
  • Meliola dummeri Hansf. var. brachyodonta Hansf.[2]
  • Meliola evansii Doidge[2]
  • Meliola excoecariae Doidge[2]
  • Meliola falcata Syd.[2]
  • Meliola furcillata Doidge[2]
  • Meliola ganglifera Kalchbr.[2]
  • Meliola gemellipoda Doidge[2]
  • Meliola geniculata Syd. & Butler var. macrospora Doidge[2]
  • Meliola glabra Berk. & Curt.[2]
  • Meliola gloriosa Doidge[2]
  • Meliola goniomae Doidge[2]
  • Meliola heudeloti Gaill.[2]
  • Meliola hippocrateae Doidge[2]
  • Meliola impatientis Doidge[2]
  • Meliola indigoferae Syd.[2]
  • Meliola inermis Kalchbr. & Cooke.[2]
  • Meliola jasminicola P. Henn.[2]
  • Meliola kentaniensis Doidge[2]
  • Meliola knowltoniae Doidge[2]
  • Meliola knysnae Doidge[2]
  • Meliola leptidea Syd.[2]
  • Meliola littoralis Syd.[2]
  • Meliola loxostylidis Doidge[2]
  • Meliola macowaniana Thuem.[2]
  • Meliola malacotricha Speg.[2]
  • Meliola manca Ell. & Mart.[2]
  • Meliola merrillii Syd.[2]
  • Meliola microspora var. africana Doidge[2]
  • Meliola microthecia Thuem.[2]
  • Meliola natalensis Doidge[2]
  • Meliola natalensis var. conferta Doidge[2]
  • Meliola natalensis var. lara Doidge[2]
  • Meliola ochnae Doidge[2]
  • Meliola oleicola Doidge[2]
  • Meliola oleicola var. jasmini Doidge[2]
  • Meliola oliniae Kalchbr.[2]
  • Meliola oncinotidis Doidge[2]
  • Meliola osyridis Doidge[2]
  • Meliola palmieola Wint.[2]
  • Meliola panici Earle.[2]
  • Meliola peddieicola Hansf.[2]
  • Meliola peglerae Doidge[2]
  • Meliola peltata Doidge[2]
  • Meliola perpusilla Syd. var. congoensis Beeli.[2]
  • Meliola petiolaris Doidge[2]
  • Meliola podocarpi Doidge[2]
  • Meliola polytrieha Kalchbr. & Cooke[2]
  • Meliola popowiae Doidge[2]
  • Meliola psilostomae Thuem.[2]
  • Meliola psychotriae Earle.[2]
  • Meliola ptaeroxyli Doidge[2]
  • Meliola puiggarii Speg.[2]
  • Meliola quinquespora Thuem.[2]
  • Meliola rhoina Doidge[2]
  • Meliola rhois P.Henn.[2]
  • Meliola rhois var. tenuis Doidge[2]
  • Meliola rigida Doidge[2]
  • Meliola sapindacearum Speg.[2]
  • Meliola scabra Doidge[2]
  • Meliola sclerochitoni Kalchbr.[2]
  • Meliola scolopiae Doidge[2]
  • Meliola sinuosa Doidge[2]
  • Meliola speciosa Doidge[2]
  • Meliola strophanthi Doidge[2]
  • Meliola thuemeniana Stev.[2]
  • Meliola toddaliae Doidge[2]
  • Meliola torta Doidge[2]
  • Meliola transvaalensis Doidge[2]
  • Meliola varia Doidge[2]
  • Meliola woodiana Sacc.[2]
  • Meliola xumenensis Doidge[2]
  • Meliola zehneriae v.d.Byl.[2]
  • Meliola sp. var. M. capnodioides Thuem.[2]
  • Meliola sp.[2]

Family: Meliolaceae[2]

Genus: Meliolaster

  • Meliolaster mackenzii Doidge[2]

Genus: Meliolina

  • Meliolina arborescens Syd.[2]
  • Meliolina cladotricha Syd.[2]
  • Meliolina irenicolum Stevens.[2]

Genus: Melogramma

  • Melogramma eucalypti Kalchbr. & Cooke[2]

Family: Melogrammataceae[2]

Genus: Memnoniella

  • Memnoniella echinata Gall.[2]

Genus: Menispora

  • Menispora cylindrica Kalchbr. & Cooke[2]

Merulioidea[2]

Genus: Merulius

Genus: Metarrhizium

  • Metarrhizium anisopliae Sorokin[2]

Genus: Metasphaeria

  • Metasphaeria brachiata Sacc.[2]
  • Metasphaeria caffra Petrak.[2]
  • Metasphaeria cumana Sacc.[2]
  • Metasphaeria metuloidea Sacc.[2]

Mi

Genus: Microcallis

  • Microcallis nuxiae Hansf.[2]
  • Microcallis oleae Hansf.[2]

Genus: Microcyclus

  • Microcyclus kentaniensis Doidge[2]
  • Microcyclus osyridis (Cooke) Sacc. (1904),[2] accepted as Microcyclus amphimelaenus (Mont.) Arx [as amphimelaena], in Müller & von Arx,(1962)
  • Microcyclus tassianus (Sacc.) Syd. & P. Syd. (1904),[2] accepted as Microcyclus amphimelaenus (Mont.) Arx [as amphimelaena], in Müller & von Arx,(1962)

Genus: Microdiplodia

  • Microdiplodia rikatliensis Petrak.[2]

Genus: Micropeltis

  • Micropeltis maratliae P.Henn.[2]
  • Micropeltis stigma Cooke[2]
  • Micropeltis trichomanis P.Henn.[2]

Genus: Microphiale

  • Microphiale lutea Zahlbr.[2]

Genus: Microsphaera

Genus: Microsporon

  • Microsporon furfur Robin.[2]

Genus: Microsporum

Genus: Microstroma

  • Microstroma albizziae Syd.[3]
  • Microstroma album Sacc.[3]
  • Microstroma quercinum Niessl.[3]
  • Microstroma quercinum f. roboris Thuem.[3]

Genus: Microthelia

  • Microthelia confluens Müll.Arg.[3]
  • Microthelia macrocarpoides Zahlbr.[3]
  • Microthelia micula Korb.[3]
  • Microthelia uniserialis Zahlbr.[3]

Fanily: Microthyriaceae[3]

Family: Microthyriae[3]

Order: Microthyriales[3]

Genus: Microthyriella

  • Microthyriella transvaalensis Doidge[3]

Genus: Microthyrium

  • Microthyrium annuliforme Syd.[3]
  • Microthyrium maculicolum Doidge[3]
  • Microthyrium ranulisporum Doidge[3]

Genus: Milesina

  • Milesina dieteliana P.Magn.[3]
  • Milesina nervisequa Syd.[3]

Mo

Genus: Mollisia

  • Mollisia aquosa Phill.[3]
  • Mollisia cinerea Karst.[3]
  • Mollisia subgilva Kalchbr. & Cooke[3]

Genus: Monascus

  • Monascus ruber van Tiegh.[3]

Genus: Monilia accepted as Monilinia

  • Monilia balcanica Castellani & Chalmers.[3]
  • Monilia bethaliensis Pijper[3]
  • Monilia fimicola Cost. & Matr.[3]
  • Monilia krusei Castellani & Chalmers[3]
  • Monilia pseudolondinensis Castellani & Chalmers[3]
  • Monilia pseudotropicalis Castellani & Chalmers[3]
  • Monilia rugosa Castellani & Chalmers[3]
  • Monilia sitophila Sace.[3]
  • Monilia zeylanica Castellani & Chalmers[3]
  • Monilia sp.[3]

Genus: Monochaetia

  • Monochaetia camelliae Miles.[3]
  • Monochaetia cydoniae Pole Evans & Doidge[3]

Genus: Monoicomyces

  • Monoicomyces zealandicus Thaxt.[3]

Genus: Montagnella

  • Montagnella asperata Syd.[3]
  • Montagnella maxima Mass.[3]
  • Montagnella peglerae Pole Evans[3]

Family: Montagnellaceae[3]

Genus: Montagnites

  • Montagnites candollei Fr.[3]

Genus: Morphella

  • Morphella conica Pers.[3]
  • Morphella esculenta Pers.[3]

Genus: Morenoella

  • Morenoella oxyanthae Doidge[3]
  • Morenoella phillipsii Doidge[3]

Genus: Morenoina

  • Morenoina africana Doidge[3]
  • Morenoina dracaenae Doidge[3]

Family:Mortierellaceae[3]

Mu

Family:Mucedinaceae[3]

Genus: Mucor

Family: Mucoraceae[3]

Family: Mucorales[3]

Genus: Mucronella

  • Mucronella aggregata Fr.[3]

Genus: Mutinus

  • Mutinus bambusinus Ed.Fisch.[3]
  • Mutinus curtisii Ed.Fisch.[3]
  • Mutinus simplex Lloyd.

My

Mycelia sterilia[3]

Genus: Mycena

Genus: Mycenastrum

Genus: Mycobilimbia (Lichens)

  • Mycobilimbia aeervata Vouaux.[3]
  • Mycobilimbia quatemella Vouaux.[3]

Genus: Mycoderma

  • Mycoderma pararugosum Dodge[3]

Genus: Mycogone

Genus: Mycolangloisia

  • Mycolangloisia nitida Hansf.[3]

Genus: Mycoleptodon Pat. (1897), accepted as Steccherinum Gray (1821)

  • Mycoleptodon ochraeeum Pat.[3]

Family:Mycoporaceae[3]

Genus: Mycoporellum

  • Mycoporellum lahmii Müll.Arg.[3]

Genus: Mycoporum

  • Mycoporum lahmii Stizenb.[3]
  • Mycoporum pycnocarpum Nyl.[3]

Genus: Mycosphaerella

Family: Mycosphaerellaceae[3]

Genus: Mycotoruloides

  • Mycotoruloides triades Langeron & Talice.[3]

Family: Myriangiaceae[3]

Order:Myriangiales[3]

Genus: Myriangium

  • Myriangium montagnei Berk.[3]

Genus: Myriostoma

  • Myriostoma coliformis Corda.[3]

Genus: Myrothecium

Genus: Mystrosporium

  • Mystrosporium alliorum Berk.[3]
  • Mystrosporium aterrimum Berk. & Curt.[3]
  • Mystrosporium polytrichum Cooke[3]
  • Mystrosporium velutinum Kalchbr. & Cooke[3]

Genus: Myxosporium

  • Myxosporium corticola Edgert.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Doidge 1950, p. 1062.
  2. [2]
    Doidge 1950, p. 1063.
  3. [3]
    Doidge 1950, p. 1064.

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.

See also

Further reading

Kinge TR, Goldman G, Jacobs A, Ndiritu GG, Gryzenhout M (2020) A first checklist of macrofungi for South Africa. MycoKeys 63: 1-48. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.63.36566
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