List of fungi of South Africa – F

The Fungi recorded from South Africa - Taxa starting with F

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

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

Genus: Fusella Sacc. 1886

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

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

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)

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck Doidge 1950, p. 1051.

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.

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.
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  • Namaqualand Heuweltjie Strandveld
  • Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld
  • Namaqualand Inland Duneveld
  • Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland
  • Namaqualand Shale Shrubland
  • Namaqualand Spinescent Grassland
  • Namaqualand Strandveld
  • Northern Knersvlakte Vygieveld
  • Northern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld
  • Northern Richtersveld Yellow Duneveld
  • Oograbies Plains Sandy Grassland
  • Piketberg Quartz Succulent Shrubland
  • Platbakkies Succulent Shrubland
  • Prince Albert Succulent Karoo
  • Richtersveld Coastal Duneveld
  • Richtersveld Red Duneveld
  • Richtersveld Sandy Coastal Scorpionstailveld
  • Riethuis-Wallekraal Quartz Vygieveld
  • Robertson Karoo
  • Roggeveld Karoo
  • Rooiberg Quartz Vygieveld
  • Rosyntjieberg Succulent Shrubland
  • Southern Namaqualand Quartzite Klipkoppe Shrubland
  • Southern Richtersveld Inselberg Shrubland
  • Southern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld
  • Southern Richtersveld Yellow Duneveld
  • Steytlerville Karoo
  • Stinkfonteinberge Eastern Apron Shrubland
  • Swartruggens Quartzite Karoo
  • Tanqua Escarpment Shrubland
  • Tanqua Karoo
  • Tatasberg Mountain Succulent Shrubland
  • Umdaus Mountains Succulent Shrubland
  • Upper Annisvlakte Succulent Shrubland
  • Vanrhynsdorp Gannabosveld
  • Vyftienmyl se Berge Succulent Shrubland
  • Western Bushmanland Klipveld
  • Western Gwarrieveld
  • Western Little Karoo
  • Willowmore Gwarrieveld
Albany
Thicket
and
Strandveld
  • Albany Arid Thicket
  • Albany Bontveld
  • Albany Mesic Thicket
  • Albany Valley Thicket
  • Baviaans Valley Thicket
  • Bethelsdorp Bontveld
  • Blombos Strandveld
  • Buffels Mesic Thicket
  • Buffels Valley Thicket
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Crossroads Grassland Thicket
  • Doubledrift Karroid Thicket
  • Eastern Gwarrieveld
  • Elands Forest Thicket
  • Escarpment Arid Thicket
  • Escarpment Mesic Thicket
  • Escarpment Valley Thicket
  • Fish Arid Thicket
  • Fish Mesic Thicket
  • Fish Valley Thicket
  • Gamka Arid Thicket
  • Gamka Valley Thicket
  • Geluk Grassland Thicket
  • Goukamma Dune Thicket
  • Gouritz Valley Thicket
  • Grahamstown Grassland Thicket
  • Grassridge Bontveld
  • Groot Brak Dune Strandveld
  • Hamburg Dune Thicket
  • Hartenbos Dune Thicket
  • Kasouga Dune Thicket
  • Koedoeskloof Karroid Thicket
  • Lambert's Bay Strandveld
  • Langebaan Dune Strandveld
  • Mons Ruber Fynbos Thicket
  • Motherwell Karroid Thicket
  • Nanaga Savanna Thicket
  • Oudshoorn Karroid Thicket
  • Overberg Dune Strandveld
  • Saldanha Flats Strandveld
  • Saldanha Granite Strandveld
  • Saldanha Limestone Strandveld
  • Saltaire Karroid Thicket
  • Sardinia Forest Thicket
  • St Francis Dune Thicket
  • Subtropical Dune Thicket
  • Sundays Arid Thicket
  • Sundays Mesic Thicket
  • Sundays Valley Thicket
  • Thorndale Forest Thicket
  • Umtiza Forest Thicket
  • Vanstadens Forest Thicket
  • Western Gwarrieveld
  • Willowmore Gwarrieveld
Nama
Karoo
and
desert
  • Albany Broken Veld
  • Blouputs Karroid Thornveld
  • Bushmanland Arid Grassland
  • Bushmanland Basin Shrubland
  • Bushmanland Sandy Grassland
  • Eastern Lower Karoo
  • Eastern Upper Karoo
  • Gamka Karoo
  • Kalahari Karroid Shrubland
  • Lower Gariep Broken Veld
  • Lower Karoo Gwarrieveld
  • Northern Upper Karoo
  • Upper Karoo Hardeveld
  • Western Upper Karoo
  • Alexander Bay Coastal Duneveld
  • Eastern Gariep Plains Desert
  • Eastern Gariep Rocky Desert
  • Helskloof Canyon Desert
  • Kahams Mountain Desert
  • Kwaggarug Mountain Desert
  • Namib Lichen Fields
  • Noms Mountain Desert
  • Northern Nababiepsberge Mountain Desert
  • Richtersberg Mountain Desert
  • Richtersveld Sheet Wash Desert
  • Southern Nababiepsberge Mountain Desert
  • Western Gariep Hills Desert
  • Western Gariep Lowland Desert
  • Western Gariep Plains Desert
Azonal
  • Albany Alluvial Vegetation
  • Albany Dune Strandveld
  • Algoa Dune Strandveld
  • Arid Estuarine Salt Marshes
  • Bushmanland Vloere
  • Cape Estuarine Salt Marshes
  • Cape Inland Salt Pans
  • Cape Lowland Alluvial Vegetation
  • Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetlands
  • Cape Seashore Vegetation
  • Cape Vernal Pools
  • Drakensberg Wetlands
  • Eastern Temperate Freshwater Wetlands
  • Fynbos Riparian Vegetation
  • Highveld Alluvial Vegetation
  • Highveld Salt Pans
  • Lesotho Mires
  • Lower Gariep Alluvial Vegetation
  • Muscadel Riviere
  • Namaqualand Riviere
  • Namaqualand Salt Pans
  • Namaqualand Seashore Vegetation
  • Namib Seashore Vegetation
  • Southern Kalahari Mekgacha
  • Southern Kalahari Salt Pans
  • Southern Karoo Riviere
  • Subantarctic Kelp Bed Vegetation
  • Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation
  • Subtropical Dune Thicket
  • Subtropical Estuarine Salt Marshes
  • Subtropical Freshwater Wetlands
  • Subtropical Salt Pans
  • Subtropical Seashore Vegetation
  • Tanqua Wash Riviere
  • Upper Gariep Alluvial Vegetation
Forest
and
Coastal
belt
  • KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt
  • Maputaland Coastal Belt
  • Maputaland Wooded Grassland
  • Pondoland-Natal Sandstone Coastal Sourveld
  • Transkei Coastal Belt
  • Ironwood Dry Forest
  • Lowveld Riverine Forest
  • Mangrove Forest
  • Northern Afrotemperate Forest
  • Northern Coastal Forest
  • Northern Mistbelt Forest
  • Sand Forest
  • Scarp Forest
  • Southern Afrotemperate Forest
  • Southern Coastal Forest
  • Southern Mistbelt Forest
  • Swamp Forest
Subantarctic
biome
  • Subantarctic Biotic Herbfield and Grassland
  • Subantarctic Cinder Cone Vegetation
  • Subantarctic Coastal Vegetation
  • Subantarctic Drainage Line Vegetation
  • Subantarctic Fellfield
  • Subantarctic Fernbrake Vegetation
  • Subantarctic Mire
  • Subantarctic Polar Desert
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South
African
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organisations
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Publications
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