# List of slime moulds of South Africa

This is an alphabetical list of the slime mould taxa recorded from South Africa.

## A

Genus: Aethalium Link 1809, accepted as Fuligo Haller, (1768)
* Aethalium septicum (L.) Fr. 1829 accepted as Fuligo septica (L.) F.H. Wigg., (1780)
Family: Arcyriaceae Rostaf. ex Cooke 1877 accepted as Trichiales T.Macbr. (1922)
Genus: Arcyria
* Arcyria cinerae Pers.
* Arcyria denudata Wettstein
* Arcyria incamata Pers.
* Arcyria insignis Kalchbr. & Cooke
* Arcyria nutans Grev.
* Arcyria oerstedtii Rost.
* Arcyria pomiformis Rost.
* Arcyria punicea Pers.
* Arcyria serpula Mass.

## B

Genus: Badhamia
* Badhamia affinis Rost.
* Badhamia foliicola Lister.
* Badhamia macrocarpa Rost.
* Badhamia nitens Berk.
* Badhamia rubiginosa var. dictyospora Lister
* Badhamia utricularis Berk.
* Badhamia varia Mass.
* Badhamia sp.

## C

Family: Ceratiomyxaceae see Ceratiomyxidae
Genus: Ceratiomyxa J. Schrot. (1889), (slime moulds)
* Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa Macbr.
* Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. flexuosa Lister
* Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa var. porioides Lister

## D

Genus: Dictydiaethalium
* Dictydiaethalium plumbeum Rost.
Genus: Dictydium
* Dictydium cancellatum Macbr.
Family: Didymiaceae
Genus: Didymium
* Didymium difforme Duby.
* Didymium leucopus Fr.
* Didymium melanospermum Macbr.
* Didymium microcarpon Rost.
* Didymium nigripes Fr.
* Didymium nigripes var. eximium Lister.
* Didymium nigripes var. xanthopus Lister.
* Didymium physaroides Fr.
* Didymium squamulosum Fr.

## E

Genus: Enerthenema Bowman 1830
* Enerthenema papillatum (Pers.) Rostaf. 1876

## F

Genus: Fuligo Haller 1768 (Slime moulds)
* Fuligo cinerea (Schwein.) Morgan 1896
* Fuligo muscorum Alb. & Schwein. 1805
* Fuligo septica Gmel.(sic) possibly (L.) F.H. Wigg. 1780
* Fuligo varians Sommerf. 1826,

## H

Genus: Hemitrichia
* Hemitrichia clavata Rost.
* Hemitrichia serpula Rost.
* Hemitrichia vesparium Macbr.

## L

Genus: Lamproderma
* Lamproderma scintillans Morg.
* Lamproderma violaceum Rost.
Genus: Leocarpus
* Leocarpus fragilis Rost.

## M

Genus: Mucilago
* Mucilago spongiosa Morg.
Myxomycetes (Slime moulds)

## P

Family: Physaraceae
Genus: Physarum
* Physarum auriscalpium Cooke.
* Physarum bitectum Lister.
* Physarum bogoriense Rac.
* Physarum capense Rost.
* Physarum cinereum Pers.
* Physarum citrinum Schum.
* Physarum columbinum Sturgis.
* Physarum compactum Lister
* Physarum compressum Alb. & Schw.
* Physarum confertum Macbr.
* Physarum didermoides Rost.
* Physarum digitatum Farquh. & G. Lister.
* Physarum flavicomum Berk.
* Physarum gyrosum Rost.
* Physarum javanicum Rac.
* Physarum kalchbrenneri Mass.
* Physarum leucophaeum Fr.
* Physarum leucopus Link.
* Physarum melleum Mass.
* Physarum mutabile Lister.
* Physarum nucleatum Rex.
* Physarum nutans Pers.
* Physarum nutans var. leucophaeum Lister.
* Physarum penetrale Rex.
* Physarum pusillum Lister.
* Physarum roseum Berk. & Br.
* Physarum sinuosum Weinm.
* Physarum tenerum Rex.
* Physarum vemum Sommerf.
* Physarum viride Pers.
* Physarum viride var. aurantiaeum Lister.
* Physarum viride var. incanum Lister.

## R

Genus: Reticularia
* Reticularia lycoperdon Bull.
Family: Reticulariaceae

## S

Family: Stemonitaceae
Genus: Stemonitis
* Stemonitis acuminata Mass.
* Stemonitis ferruginea Ehrenb.
* Stemonitis friesiana de Bary.
* Stemonitis fusca Roth.
* Stemonitis herbatica Peck.
* Stemonitis maxima Mass.
* Stemonitis pallida Wingate.
* Stemonitis splendens Rost.
* Stemonitis splendens var. webberi Lister.

## T

Genus: Trichia
* Trichia affinis de Bary
* Trichia balfourii Mass.
* Trichia botrytis Pers.
* Trichia faboginea Pers.
* Trichia fragilis Rost.
* Trichia persimilis Karst.
* Trichia scabra Rost.
* Trichia turbinata Sow.
* Trichia varia Pers.
Family: Trichiaceae
Genus: Tubifera (Slime moulds)
* Tubifera ferruginosa Gmel.