# List of fungi of South Africa – E

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

## Ec

Genus: Echidnodella Theiss. & Syd. 1918
* Echidnodella hypolepidis Doidge 1920accepted as Echidnodes hypolepidis (Doidge) Doidge, (1942)
* Echidnodella natalensis (Doidge) Arx, (1962), recorded as Echidnodes natalensis (Doidge) Doidge 1942
Genus: Echidnodes Theiss. & Syd. 1918
* Echidnodes acokantherae (Doidge) Doidge 1942, accepted as Lembosina acokantherae (Doidge) Arx [as 'acocantherae'],(1962)
* Echidnodes africana (Doidge) Doidge 1942
* Echidnodes curtisiae Doidge 1948
* Echidnodes durbana (Van der Byl) Hansf. 1946 accepted as Lembosina durbana (Van der Byl) Arx, (1962)
* Echidnodes hypolepidis (Doidge) Doidge 1942
* Echidnodes natalensis (Doidge) Doidge 1942 accepted as Echidnodella natalensis (Doidge) Arx, (1962)
* Echidnodes rhoina Doidge 1920 accepted as Lembosina rhoina (Doidge) Arx, (1962)
* Echidnodes transvaalensis Doidge 1948
Genus: Ectotrichophyton Castell. & Chalm. 1919 accepted as Trichophyton Malmsten, (1848)
* Ectotrichophyton mentagrophytes (C.P. Robin) Castell. & Chalm. 1919 accepted as Trichophyton mentagrophytes (C.P. Robin) Sabour., (1895)

## El

Genus: Elmerococcum Theiss. & Syd. 1915, accepted as Botryosphaeria Ces. & De Not., (1863)
* Elmerococcum peglerae (Pole-Evans) Doidge 1921
Genus: Elsinoë Racib. 1900
* Elsinoë ampelina Shear 1929
* Elsinoë fawcetti Bitanc. & Jenkins 1936
* Elsinoë poinsettiae Jenkins (sic) possibly (Jenkins & Ruehle) Rossman & W.C. Allen 2016
* Elsinoë pyri (Woron.) Jenkins 1932
* Elsinoë violae Jenkins (sic) probably (Massey & Jenkins) X.L. Fan & Crous 2017

## Em

Genus: Empusa Cohn 1855
* Empusa conglomerata (Sorokīn) Thaxt. 1888 accepted as Entomophaga conglomerata (Sorokīn) S. Keller, [1987]
* Empusa fresenii Nowak. 1886 accepted as Neozygites fresenii (Nowak.) Remaud. & S. Keller, (1980)
* Empusa grylli (Fresen.) Nowak. 1888 accepted as Entomophaga grylli (Fresen.) A. Batko, (1964)
* Empusa lecanii Zimm. 1901 accepted as Neozygites lecanii (Zimm.) Ben Ze'ev & R.G. Kenneth, (1987)
* Empusa muscae Cohn 1855 accepted as Entomophthora muscae (Cohn) Fresen., (1856)
* Empusa sp.

## En

Genus: Endocarpiscum Nyl. 1864 (Lichens)
* Endocarpiscum guepini (Delise) Nyl. 1864
Genus: Endocarpon Hedw. 1789
* Endocarpon crenatum Taylor 1847 accepted as Psora crenata (Taylor) Reinke, (1895)
* Endocarpon hepaticum Ach. 1809
* Endocarpon peltatum Taylor 1847
* Endocarpon pusillum Hedw. 1789
* Endocarpon speireum Taylor 1847
* Endocarpon vitellinum Spreng. 1820
* Endocarpon thunbergii (Ach.) Ach. 1803 accepted as Dermatiscum thunbergii (Ach.) Nyl., (1867)
Genus: Endodermophyton Castell. 1910 accepted as Trichophyton Malmsten, (1848)
* Endodermophyton africanum Doidge (sic) possibly C.W. Dodge 1935
* Endodermophyton sp.
Genus: Endodothella Theiss. & Syd. 1915 accepted as Phyllachora Nitschke ex Fuckel, (1870)
* Endodothella deightonii Syd. 1938 accepted as Stigmochora deightonii (Syd.) Arx, (1962)
* Endodothella natalensis Doidge 1921 accepted as Stigmochora natalensis (Doidge) Arx, (1962)
* Endodothella strelitziae (Cooke) Theiss. & Syd. 1915 accepted as Phyllachora strelitziae (Cooke) Sacc., (1883)
Order: Endomycetales Gäum. & C.W. Dodge 1928
Family: Endomycetaceae J. Schröt. 1893
Genus: Endophyllum Lév. 1826
* Endophyllum macowanii Pole-Evans 1909 [as macowani]
Genus: Endopyrenium Flot. 1855 accepted as Catapyrenium Flot., (1850)
* Endopyrenium peltatum (Taylor) Müll. Arg. 1888
Genus: Englerula Henn. 1904
* Englerula macarangae Henn. 1904
* Englerula popowiae Stevens.*
Genus: Englerulaster Höhn. 1910 accepted as Asterina Lév., (1845)
* Englerulaster gymnosporiae (Henn.) Theiss. 1918 accepted as Englera gymnosporiae (Henn.) F. Stevens, (1939)
* Englerulaster macowanianus (Thüm.) G. Arnaud 1918 accepted as Parenglerula macowaniana (Thüm.) Höhn., (1910)
* Englerulaster orbicularis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Höhn. 1910 accepted as Cryptomeliola orbicularis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) S. Hughes & Piroz., (1997)
* Englerulaster popowiae Doidge 1920 accepted as Englera popowiae (Doidge) F. Stevens, (1939)
Genus: Enterographa Fée 1825 (Lichens)
* Enterographa capensis A. Massal. 1861, accepted as Chiodecton colensoi (A. Massal.) Müll. Arg., (1894)
* Enterographa galactina (Zahlbr.) Redinger 1938
* Enterographa vanderbylii (Zahlbr.) Redinger 1938
* Enterographa venosa (Pers.) A. Massal. 1860 accepted as Enterographa crassa (DC.) Fée, [1824]
Genus: Enterostigma Müll. Arg. 1885 accepted as Thelotrema Ach., (1803)
* Enterostigma compunctum (Ach.) Müll. Arg. 1885 accepted as Leucodecton compunctum (Ach.) A. Massal., [1859-1860]
Genus: Entoloma P. Kumm. 1871
* Entoloma erophilum (Fr.) P. Karst. 1879, accepted as Entoloma plebejum (Kalchbr.) Noordel., (1985)
* Entoloma lividum Quél. 1872 accepted as Entoloma sinuatum (Bull.) P. Kumm., (1871)
* Entoloma microcarpum (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. 1887 accepted as Termitomyces microcarpus (Berk. & Broome) R. Heim, (1942)
* Entoloma sagittiforme (Kalchbr. & Cooke) Sacc. [as 'sagittaeforme'] 1887, accepted as Termitomyces sagittiformis (Kalchbr. & Cooke) D.A. Reid [as 'sagittaeformis'], (1975)
Genus Entomophaga A. Batko 1964,
* Entomophaga conglomerata (Sorokīn) S. Keller, [1987] recorded as Empusa conglomerata (Sorokīn) Thaxt. 1888
* Entomophaga grylli (Fresen.) A. Batko, (1964) recorded as Empusa grylli (Fresen.) Nowak. 1888
Genus: Entomophthora Fresen. 1856
* Entomophthora aphidis H. Hoffm. 1858, accepted as Zoophthora aphidis (H. Hoffm.) A. Batko, (1964)
* Entomophthora apiculata (Thaxt.) M.A. Gust. 1965 accepted as Batkoa apiculata (Thaxt.) Humber, (1989)
* Entomophthora coronata (Costantin) Kevorkian 1937 accspted as Conidiobolus coronatus (Costantin) A. Batko, (1964) [1962]
* Entomophthora grylli Fresen. 1856
* Entomophthora megasperma (Cohn) Sacc. 1888 accepted as Tarichium megaspermum Cohn, (1875)
* Entomophthora muscae (Cohn) Fresen., (1856) recorded as Empusa muscae Cohn 1855
* Entomophthora sphaerosperma Fresen. 1856
* Entomophthora sp.
Order: Entomophthorales G. Winter 1880
Family: Entomophthoraceae A.B. Frank 1874
Genus: EntomosporiumcLév. 1857 accepted as Diplocarpon F.A. Wolf, (1912)
* Entomosporium maculatum Lév. 1856 accepted as Diplocarpon mespili (Sorauer) B. Sutton, (1980)
Genus: Entopeltis Höhn. 1910 accepted as Vizella Sacc., (1883)
* Entopeltis interrupta (G. Winter) Höhn. 1910, accepted as Vizella interrupta (G. Winter) S. Hughes, (1953)
Genus: Entyloma de Bary 1874
* Entyloma australe Speg. 1880
* Entyloma bidentis Henn. 1895
* Entyloma calendulae (Oudem.) de Bary 1874
* Entyloma dahliae Syd. & P. Syd. 1912
* Entyloma fuscum J. Schröt. 1877
* Entyloma oleandrae Henn. 1895
* Entyloma physalidis (Kalchbr. & Cooke) G. Winter 1883 accepted as Entyloma australe Speg., (1880)
* Entyloma zinniae Syd. 1935

## Ep

Family: Ephebaceae Th. Fr. 1861
Genus: Ephebe Fr. 1825
* Ephebe lanata (L.) Vain. 1888
* Ephebe pubescens (L.) Fr. 1826, accepted as Pseudephebe pubescens (L.) M. Choisy, (1930)
Genus: Ephelis Fr. 1849
* Ephelis viridans (Kalchbr. & Cooke) Sacc. 1884
Genus: Epichloë (Fr.) Tul. & C. Tul. 1865
* Epichloë cinerea Berk. & Broome 1873
* Epichloë eragrostis (sic) Pole Evans probably Epichloe eragrostidis Pole-Evans, (1917)
* Epichloë zahlbruckneriana Henn. 1900
Genus: Epicoccum Link 1816
* Epicoccum chrysanthemi du Plessis 1933
* Epicoccum granulatum Penz. 1882
* Epicoccum humicola (R.E. Buchanan) Sacc. 1931
* Epicoccum neglectum Desm. 1842
* Epicoccum nigrum Link 1816
* Epicoccum purpurascens Ehrenb. ex Schltdl. 1824 accepted as Epicoccum nigrum (1816)
* Epicoccum sp.
Genus: Epidermophyton Sabour. 1907
* Epidermophyton floccosum (Harz) Langeron & Miloch. 1930
* Epidermophyton interdigitale (Priestley) L. MacCarthy 1925 accepted as Trichophyton mentagrophytes (C.P. Robin) Sabour., (1895)
* Epidermophyton purpureum (H. Bang) C.W. Dodge 1935 accepted as Trichophyton purpureum H. Bang, (1910)
* Epidermophyton rubrum Castell. 1910 accepted as Trichophyton rubrum (Castell.) Sabour., (1911)
Genus: Epistigme Syd. 1924
* Epistigme nidulans Syd. 1924
Genus: Epochnium Link 1809 accepted as Monilinia Honey, (1928)
* Epochnium phyllogenum Kalchbr. & Cooke 1880

## Er

Family: Eremascaceae Engl. & E. Gilg 1924
Eremascaceae imperfectae C.W. Dodge 1935
Genus: Erikssonia Penz. & Sacc. 1898
* Erikssonia carissae Doidge 1948
Genus: Eriomycopsis Speg. 1910
* Eriomycopsis asterinae Hansf. 1942 accepted as Atractilina asterinae (Hansf.) Deighton & Piroz., (1972)
* Eriomycopsis bomplandi Speg. 1910
* Eriomycopsis flagellata Hansf. 1942
* Eriomycopsis meliolae Hansf. 1942
* Eriomycopsis minima Hansf. 1942 accepted as Rhytidenglerula minima (Hansf.) Arx, (1962)
* Eriomycopsis ugandae Hansf. 1942
Genus: Erostella (Sacc.) Sacc. 1906 accepted as Phaeoacremonium W. Gams, Crous & M.J. Wingf., (1996)
* Erostella quaternarioides Sacc.*
Family: Erysiphaceae Tul. & C. Tul. 1861
Genus: Erysiphe R. Hedw. ex DC. 1805
* Erysiphe aquilegiae DC. 1815
* Erysiphe brachystegiae Doidge 1948
* Erysiphe cichoracearum DC. 1805
* Erysiphe communis Link. (sic) possibly (Wallr.) Schltdl. 1824 accepted as Erysiphe cruciferarum Opiz ex L. Junell, (1967)
* Erysiphe cruciferarum Opiz ex L. Junell, (1967) recorded as Erysiphe communis Link. (sic) possibly (Wallr.) Schltdl. 1824
* Erysiphe graminis DC. 1815 accepted as Blumeria graminis (DC.) Speer, (1975)
* Erysiphe heraclei DC., (1815) recorded as Erysiphe umbelliferarum (Lév.) de Bary 1870,
* Erysiphe jatrophae Doidge 1948,
* Erysiphe martii Lév. 1851 accepted as Erysiphe trifolii Grev., (1824)
* Erysiphe nitida (Wallr.) Rabenh. 1844
* Erysiphe pisi DC. 1805
* Erysiphe polygoni DC. 1805
* Erysiphe trifolii Grev., (1824) recorded as Erysiphe martii Lév. 1851
* Erysiphe umbelliferarum (Lév.) de Bary 1870, accepted as Erysiphe heraclei DC., (1815)

## Eu

Subclass: Eubasidii*
Genus: EubelonisClem., (1909) accepted as Calycina Nees ex Gray, (1821)
* Eubelonis ocoteae Van der Byl 1926
Genus: Eucantharomyces Thaxt. 1895
* Eucantharomyces africanus Thaxt. 1900
Genus: Eudarluca Speg. 1908
* Eudarluca australis Speg. 1908
Genus: Eudimeriolum Speg. 1912
* Eudimeriolum gymnosporiae Hansf. 1946, accepted as Episphaerella gymnosporiae (Hansf.) Arx, (1962)
Genus: Eumitra*
* Eumitra implicita Stirt.*
Genus: Eupelte Syd. 1924
* Eupelte amicta Syd. 1924
Family: Eurotiaceae Clem. & Shear 1931
Genus: Eurotium Link 1809
* Eurotium herbariorum (Weber ex F.H. Wigg.) Link ex Nees 1816, accepted as Aspergillus glaucus (L.) Link, (1809)
Genus: Euryachora Fuckel 1870
* Euryachora maculiformis E.E. Nel 1942
Genus: Eutypella (Nitschke) Sacc. 1875
* Eutypella acacia Doidge 1941
* Eutypella citricola Syd. & P. Syd. 1909
* Eutypella doidgeae Syd. 1939
* Eutypella lycii Doidge 1941 accepted as Eutypella capensis Rappaz, (1987)
* Eutypella macowani Doidge 1941
* Eutypella stellulata (Fr.) Sacc. 1882

## Ev

Genus: Evernia Ach. 1809 (Lichens)
* Evernia chrysophthalma Flotow.*
* Evernia flavicans (Sw.) Fr. 1831 accepted as Teloschistes flavicans (Sw.) Norman, (1852)
* Evernia flavicans var. dealbata Flot. 1843

## Ex

Genus: Exidia Fr. 1822
* Exidia auricula-judae (Bull.) Fr. 1822 accepted as Auricularia auricula-judae (Bull.) Quél., (1886)
* Exidia caespitosa Lloyd 1915
* Exidia duthiei Lloyd 1915
* Exidia purpurea-cinerea MacOwan & Kalchbr. (sic)possibly Exidia purpureocinerea MacOwan 1882
Genus: Exoascus Fuckel 1860
* Exoascus deformans (Berk.) Fuckel 1870 accepted as Taphrina deformans (Berk.) Tul., (1866)
Family: Exobasidiaceae J. Schröt. 1888
Genus: Exobasidium Woronin 1867
* Exobasidium giseckiae Allesch. 1895
* Exobasidium hesperidum Maire 1917, [as hesperidium] accepted as Muribasidiospora hesperidum (Maire) Kamat & Rajendren, (1968)
* Exobasidium vaccinii (Fuckel) Woronin 1867
* Exobasidium vitis (Viala & G. Boyer) Prill. & Delacr. 1894 accepted as Aureobasidium pullulans (de Bary & Löwenthal) G. Arnaud, (1918)
Genus: Exosporium Link 1809
* Exosporium celastri Kalchbr. 1880 accepted as Stigmina celastri (Kalchbr.) M.B. Ellis, (1959)
* Exosporium palmivorum Sacc. 1898, accepted as Scolecostigmina palmivora (Sacc.) Kamal, (2010)