# List of fungi of South Africa – U

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

## Um

Genus: Umbilicaria (Lichens)
* Umbilicaria flavovirescens Leight.
* Umbilicaria galuca Stizenb.
* Umbilicaria hottentotta Fee.
* Umbilicaria lecanorocarpa Krempelh.
* Umbilicaria membranacea Laur.
* Umbilicaria papulosa Nyl.
* Umbilicaria pustulata Hoffm. f. minor Cromb.
* Umbilicaria pustulata var. papillata Hampe.
* Umbilicaria pustulata var. papulosa Tuck.
* Umbilicaria rubiginosa Pers.
* Umbilicaria thunbergii Reinke

## Un

Genus: Uncinula
* Uncinula aspera Doidge
* Uncinula circinata Cooke & Peck.
* Uncinula combreticola Doidge
* Uncinula eylesii Doidge
* Uncinula incrassata Salm
* Uncinula necator Burr.
* Uncinula pterocarpi Doidge
* Uncinula polvchaeta Berk. & Curt, ex Ellis.
* Uncinula sp.

## Ur

Genus: Urceolaria
* Urceolaria actinostoma Pers. ex Ach.
* Urceolaria actinostoma var. aenea Müll.Arg.
* Urceolaria actinostoma var. caesiopluinbea Nyl
* Urceolaria capitata Nees.
* Urceolaria cinerea Ach.
* Urceolaria cinereocaesia Ach.
* Urceolaria deuteria Syd.
* Urceolaria excavata Ach.
* Urceolaria scruposa β arenaria Schaer.
* Urceolaria scruposa f. arenaria Ach.
* Urceolaria subcuprea Nyl.
Order: Uredinales
Genus: Uredinopsis
* Uredinopsis macrosperma P.Magn.
Genus: Uredo
* Uredo africana Lagerh.
* Uredo aloes Cooke.
* Uredo alysicarpi Doidge.
* Uredo ancylanthi P.Henn.
* Uredo asclepiadis-fruticosi Doidge.
* Uredo aterrima Thuem.
* Uredo augeae Pole Evans.
* Uredo augeae Syd.
* Uredo balsamodendri Cooke.
* Uredo brachylaenae Doidge.
* Uredo brideliae Doidge.
* Uredo caricis-petitianae Doidge.
* Uredo carpodini P.Henn.
* Uredo cassiae-mimosoides Doidge.
* Uredo celastrineae Cooke & Mass.
* Uredo cephalandrae Thuem.
* Uredo clematidis Berk.
* Uredo combreticola Doidge.
* Uredo commelinae Kalchbr.
* Uredo compositarum var. melantherae Cooke.
* Uredo crotalariicola P.Henn.
* Uredo cryptolepidis Cooke.
* Uredo cussoniae Cooke.
* Uredo cypericola P.Henn.
* Uredo detergibilis P.Henn.
* Uredo digitariaecola Thuem.
* Uredo disae v.d.Byl
* Uredo dissotidis Cooke.
* Uredo dissolidis-longicaudae P.Henn.
* Uredo dolichospora Kalchbr.
* Uredo dombeyae Doidge.
* Uredo ectadiopsis Cooke.
* Uredo ecteinanthi Kalchbr.
* Uredo ehrartae-calycinae Doidge.
* Uredo eriospermi MacOwan.
* Uredo fici Cast.
* Uredo filicum Klotzsch.
* Uredo fuirenae P.Henn.
* Uredo gardeniae-thunbergiae P. Henn.
* Uredo geranii DC., (1806) f. pelargonii-alchemilloides Thuem. accepted as Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis Doidge (1926)
* Uredo geranii f. pelargonii-zonalis Thuem. accepted as Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis Doidge (1926)
* Uredo gliae Lindr.
* Uredo grewiae Pat. & Har.
* Uredo harmsiana P.Henn.
* Uredo heteromorphae MacOwan.
* Uredo homeriae Bubak.
* Uredo hyperici-leucoptychodis Doidge.
* Uredo hypoestis de Toni
* Uredo indigoferae Doidge.
* Uredo ixiae Lev.
* Uredo ixiae Rud.
* Uredo kaempferiae Syd.
* Uredo kampuluvensis P.Henn.
* Uredo leguminosarum Link.
* Uredo lepisclinis Thuem.
* Uredo leucadis Syd.
* Uredo linearis Pers.
* Uredo lonchocarpi Doidge.
* Uredo longaenis P.Henn.
* Uredo lotononi Doidge.
* Uredo lucida Theum.
* Uredo lupini Berk. & Curt.
* Uredo macrosperum Cooke.
* Uredo mixta Duby f. Salicis capensis Thuem.
* Uredo monsoniae Syd.
* Uredo moraeae Kalchbr.
* Uredo myrsiphylli Thuem.
* Uredo pelargonii Thuem.
* Uredo phaseolorum de Bary.
* Uredo pilulaeformis Berk.
* Uredo plectranthi Kalchbr.
* Uredo pogonarthriae Syd.
* Uredo polygalae Kalchbr.
* Uredo polypodii DC.
* Uredo pretoriensis Syd.
* Uredo psoraleae-polystictae Doidge.
* Uredo pychnostachydis Kalchbr.
* Uredo rhoina Syd.
* Uredo rhynchosiae Cooke.
* Uredo ricini Biv. Bern.
* Uredo rottboelliae Diet.
* Uredo rabigo-vera DC. f. digitariae-sanguinalis Thuem.
* Uredo rumicum DC.
* Uredo rumicum f. Rumicis obtusifolii capensis Thuem.
* Uredo satyrii Mass.
* Uredo schizachyrii Doidge.
* Uredo scholzii P.Henn.
* Uredo scirpi-corymbosi Doidge.
* Uredo scirpi-maritimi Doidge.
* Uredo sempertecta Thuem.
* Uredo stenotaphri Syd.
* Uredo stylosanthis P.Henn.
* Uredo transversalis Thuem.
* Uredo valerianae DC. f. valerianae-capensis Thuem.
* Uredo vangueriae Cooke.
* Uredo viborgiae P.Henn.
* Uredo zehneriae Thuem.
* Uredo sp.
Genus: Urocystis
* Urocystis agropyri Schroet.
* Urocystis gladioli Wemh.
* Urocystis hypoxidis Thaxt.
* Urocystis occulta Rabenh.
* Urocystis ornithoglossi Zundel.
* Urocystis tritici Körn., (1877), accepted as Urocystis agropyri (Preuss) A.A. Fisch. Waldh., (1867)
Genus: Uromyces
* Uromyces albucae Kalchbr. & Cooke.
* Uromyces alchemillae Lev.
* Uromyces aloes P.Magn.
* Uromyces aloicola P.Henn.
* Uromyces alysicarpi Wakef. & Hansf.
* Uromyces anomathecae Cooke.
* Uromyces antholyzae Syd.
* Uromyces appendiculatus Link.
* Uromyces argyrolobii Doidge.
* Uromyces avicularae Schroet.
* Uromyces babianae Doidge.
* Uromyces badius Syd.
* Uromyces barbeyanus P.Henn.
* Uromyces betae Lev. accepted as Uromyces beticola (Bellynck) Boerema (1987)
* Uromyces bidentis Lagerh.
* Uromyces bolusii Mass.
* Uromyces bona-spei Bubak.
* Uromyces bulbinis Theum.
* Uromyces bylianus Doidge
* Uromyces capensis Doidge
* Uromyces caryophyllinus Wint. (sic) possibly (Schrank) J. Schröt., (1884) accepted as Uromyces dianthi (Pers.) Niessl, (1872)
* Uromyces cassiae-mimosoides Doidge
* Uromyces chloridis Doidge
* Uromyces circinalis Kalchbr. & Cooke
* Uromyces clignyi Pat. & Har.
* Uromyces cluytiae Kalchbr. & Cooke
* Uromyces commelinae Cooke
* Uromyces comptus Syd.
* Uromyces cyperi P.Henn.
* Uromyces delagoensis Bubak.
* Uromyces dieramatis Doidge
* Uromyces dolichi Cooke
* Uromyces dolichi Syd.
* Uromyces dolicholi Arth.
* Uromyces drimiopsidis Doidge
* Uromyces ecklonii Bubak.
* Uromyces ehrhartae-giganteae Doidge
* Uromyces eragrostidis Tracy.
* Uromyces eriospermi Kalchbr. & Cooke
* Uromyces ermelensis Doidge
* Uromyces erythronii Pass.
* Uromyces erythronii Pass. v. drimiopsidis
* Uromyces euphorbias Cooke & Peck.
* Uromyces euphorbiicola Tranzsch.
* Uromyces fabae (Pers.) de Bary, (1879), accepted as Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae (Pers.) J. Schröt., (1875)
* Uromyces ferrariae Doidge
* Uromyces fiorianus Sacc.
* Uromyces freesiae Bubak.
* Uromyces geissorhizae P.Henn.
* Uromyces geranii (DC.) G.H. Otth & Wartm., (1847), accepted as Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis Doidge (1926)
* Uromyces gladioli P.Henn.
* Uromyces greenstockii Doidge
* Uromyces harmsianus Doidge
* Uromyces heteromorphae Thuem.
* Uromyces hobsoni Vize.
* Uromyces holubii Doidge
* Uromyces hyperici-frondosi Arth.
* Uromyces hypoxidis Cooke
* Uromyces inaequialtus Lasch.
* Uromyces ipomoeae Berk.
* Uromyces ixiae Wint.
* Uromyces junci (Schwein.) Tul. & C.Tul (1854), accepted as Stegocintractia junci (Schwein.) M.Piepenbr. (2000)
* Uromyces kentaniensis Doidge
* Uromyces krantzbergensis Doidge
* Uromyces lachenaliae Doidge
* Uromyces leptodermus Syd.
* Uromyces liliacearum Ung.
* Uromyces limonii Lev.
* Uromyces lugubris Kalchbr.
* Uromyces macowani Bubak.
* Uromyces maireanus Syd.
* Uromyces massoniae Doidge
* Uromyces medicaginis Pass., (1872), accepted as Uromyces striatus J. Schröt., 1870
* Uromyces melantherae Cooke
* Uromyces melasphaerulae Syd.
* Uromyces microsorus Kalchbr. & Cooke
* Uromyces mimusopsidis Cooke
* Uromyces moraeae Syd.
* Uromyces mucunae Rabenh.
* Uromyces natalensis P.Magn.
* Uromyces oxalidis Lév.
* Uromyces papillatus Kalchbr. & Cooke
* Uromyces paradoxus Syd.
* Uromyces pedicellata Pole Evans.
* Uromyces peglerae Pole Evans.
* Uromyces phaseolorum DC.
* Uromyces polemanniae Kalchbr. & Cooke
* Uromyces polygoni Fuck.
* Uromyces pretoriensis Doidge
* Uromyces proeminens Lev.
* Uromyces prunorum Link. var. amygdali Kalchbr.
* Uromyces pseudarthriae Cooke
* Uromyces psoraleae Peck.
* Uromyces pulvinatus Kalchbr. & Cooke
* Uromyces rhodesicus Wakef.
* Uromyces rhynchosiae Cooke emend. Doidge
* Uromyces ricini Biv.
* Uromyces romouleae v.d.Byl & Werd.
* Uromyces romuleae Doidge
* Uromyces rumicis Wint.
* Uromyces saginatus Syd.
* Uromyces sanguinalis Evans.
* Uromyces schinzianus P.Henn.
* Uromyces scillarum Wint.
* Uromyces scrophulariae DC.
* Uromyces setariae-italicae Yoshino.
* Uromyces sparaxidis Syd.
* Uromyces stellenbossiensis v.d.Byl.
* Uromyces strauchii Doidge
* Uromyces striatus J. Schröt., (1870),
* Uromyces stylochitonis Doidge
* Uromyces tenuicutis McAlp.
* Uromyces thwaitesii Berk. & Br.
* Uromyces transversalis Wint.
* Uromyces trichoneurae Doidge
* Uromyces trifolii Lev.
* Uromyces trollipi Kalchbr. & MacOwan.
* Uromyces urgines Kalchbr.
* Uromyces valerianae Fuck.
* Uromyces ventosa Syd.
* Uromyces vignae Barcl.
* Uromyces walsoniae Syd.
* Uromyces zeyheri Bubak.
Genus: Uropyxis
* Uropyxis gerstneri Doidge
* Uropyxis steudneri P.Magn. var. rhodesica Doidge

## Us

Genus: Usnea (Lichens)
* Usnea acanthera Vain.
* Usnea aequatoriana Motyka.
* Usnea africana Motyka.
* Usnea amplissima Stirt.
* Usnea angulata Ach.
* Usnea angulata f. gonioides Hue.
* Usnea angulata var. flaccida Müll.Arg.
* Usnea arthroclada Fee subsp. arthrodadodes Vain.
* Usnea articulata Hoffm.
* Usnea articulata f. minor Krempelh.
* Usnea australis Fr.
* Usnea baileyi Zahlbr.
* Usnea barbata Fr.
* Usnea barbata f. ceratina Ach.
* Usnea barbata f. florida Fr.
* Usnea barbata var. articulata Ach.
* Usnea barbata var. australis Müll.Arg.
* Usnea barbata var. farinosa Müll.Arg.
* Usnea barbata var. florida f. australis Vain.
* Usnea barbata* Usnea florida var. comosa Wain.
* Usnea barbata var. scabrosa Müll.Arg.
* Usnea capensis Hoffm.
* Usnea capensis Motyka.
* Usnea cartiliginea Laur.
* Usnea ceratina Ach.
* Usnea ceratina var. picta Steiner.
* Usnea ceratina var. scabrosa Aoh.
* Usnea comosa Rohl.
* Usnea contorta Jatta.
* Usnea comuta Korb.
* Usnea dasypoga Rohl.
* Usnea dasypoga var. plicata Crorab.
* Usnea dasypoga var. plicata f. annulata Hue.
* Usnea dasypoga var. plicata f. dasypogoides Hue.
* Usnea dasypogoides Nyl.
* Usnea delicata Vain.
* Usnea densirostra Tayl.
* Usnea diffracta Vain.
* Usnea distensa Stirt.
* Usnea farinosa Zahlbr.
* Usnea flaccida Motyka.
* Usnea flexilis Stirt.
* Usnea florida Wigg.
* Usnea florida var. asperrima Müll.Arg.
* Usnea florida var australis Sitzenb.
* Usnea florida var. comosa Biroli.
* Usnea florida var. densirostra Stizenb.
* Usnea florida var. farinosa Stizenb.
* Usnea florida var. ochrophora.
* Usnea florida var. pulverulenta Müll.Arg.
* Usnea florida var. rubiginea Michx.
* Usnea florida var. scabrosa Wain.
* Usnea florida var. strigosa Ach.
* Usnea florida var. subelegans Vain.
* Usnea flotowii Zahlbr. var. subhispida Zahlbr.
* Usnea foveolata Stirt.
* Usnea fusca Motyka.
* Usnea gonioides Stirt.
* Usnea gracilis var. subplicata Vain.
* Usnea havaasii Motyka.
* Usnea hirta Wigg.
* Usnea hirta var. horridula Stizenb.
* Usnea hispidula Zahlbr.
* Usnea horridula Motyka.
* Usnea implioita Zahlbr.
* Usnea intercalaris Krempelh.
* Usnea laevis Nyl.
* Usnea leprosa Motyka.
* Usnea longissima Ach.
* Usnea longissima var. horridula Müll.Arg.
* Usnea maculata Stirt.
* Usnea malacea Zahlbr. var. subelegans Zahlbr.
* Usnea molliuscula Stirt.
* Usnea moniliformis Motyka.
* Usnea mutabilis Stirt.
* Usnea ochrophora Motyka.
* Usnea perspinosa Motyka.
* Usnea picata Motyka.
* Usnea plicata Wigg.
* Usnea poliotrix Krempelh.
* Usnea praelonga Stirt.
* Usnea primitiva Motyka.
* Usnea promontorii Motyka.
* Usnea pulverulenta Motyka.
* Usnea pulvinata fr.
* Usnea rubescens Stirt. var. rubrotincta Motyka
* Usnea rubicunda Stirt.
* Usnea rubiginea Massal.
* Usnea rubrotincta Stirt.
* Usnea sorediosula Motyka.
* Usnea spilota Stirt.
* Usnea steineri Zahlbr.
* Usnea steineri var. tincta f. sorediosa Zahlbr.
* Usnea strigosa Eaton.
* Usnea strigosella Steiner.
* Usnea sublurida Stirt.
* Usnea submusciformis Vain.
* Usnea sulcata Motyka.
* Usnea transvaalensis Vain.
* Usnea trichina Motyka.
* Usnea trichodea Ach.
* Usnea trichodeoides Vain, emend. Motyka
* Usnea undulata Stirt.
* Usnea sp.
Family: Usneaceae
Family: Ustilaginaceae
Order: Ustilaginales
Genus: Ustilaginoidea
* Ustilaginoidea mossambicensis P.Henn.
* Ustilaginoidea setariae Bref.
Genus: Ustilago
* Ustilago affinis Ell. & Everh.
* Ustilago andropogonis-finitimi Maubl.
* Ustilago anthephorae Syd.
* Ustilago avenae Jens. (sic), possibly (Pers.) Rostr., (1890)
* Ustilago bromivora Fisch.
* Ustilago capensis Reess.
* Ustilago carbo Tul. f. Cynodontis dactylonis Thuem.
* Ustilago cesatii Fisch. de Waldh.
* Ustilago crameri Korn.
* Ustilago crus-galli Tracy & Earle.
* Ustilago cynodontis P.Henn.
* Ustilago dactyloctaenii P.Henn.
* Ustilago danthoniae Kalchbr.
* Ustilago digitariae Rabenh.
* Ustilago dinteri Syd.
* Ustilago dregeana Tul.
* Ustilago ehrhartana Zundel.
* Ustilago elionuri P.Henn. & Evans.
* Ustilago eragostidis-japonicana Zundel.
* Ustilago evansii P.Henn.
* Ustilago fingerhuthiae Syd.
* Ustilago flagellata Syd.
* Ustilago gigaspora Mass.
* Ustilago henningsii Sacc. & Syd.
* Ustilago heterospora P. Henn.
* Ustilago holubii Syd.
* Ustilago hordei (Pers.) Lagerh. (1889)
* Ustilago hyparrheniae Hopkins.
* Ustilago inconspicua Pole Evans.
* Ustilago ischaemi Fuck.
* Ustilago jensenii Rostr. accepted as Ustilago avenae (Pers.) Rostr., (1890)
* Ustilago kelleri Wille.
* Ustilago levis (Kellerm. & Swingle) Magnus (1896), accepted as Ustilago hordei (Pers.) Lagerh., (1889)
* Ustilago liebenbergii Zundel.
* Ustilago mariscana Zundel.
* Ustilago maydis Tul. (sic) possibly Ustilago maydis (DC.) Corda, (1842)
* Ustilago modesta Syd.
* Ustilago neglecta Niessl.
* Ustilago nuda (C.N. Jensen) Kellerm. & Swingle (1890)
* Ustilago pappophori Syd.
* Ustilago peglerae Bubak & Syd.
* Ustilago piluliformis Tul.
* Ustilago pretoriense Pole Evans.
* Ustilago puellaris Syd.
* Ustilago rabenhorstiana Kuhn.
* Ustilago sacchari Rabenh.
* Ustilago schlechteri P.Henn.
* Ustilago scitaminea Syd., (1924), accepted as Sporisorium scitamineum (Syd.) M. Piepenbr., M. Stoll & Oberw. 2002
* Ustilago scitaminea var. sacchari—barberi.
* Ustilago segetum (Bull.?) Dittm. (sic) (species complex?)
* Ustilago sladenii Pole Evans.
* Ustilago sorghi Pass. accepted as Sporisorium sorghi Ehrenb. ex Link (1825)
* Ustilago stenotaphri P.Henn.
* Ustilago stenotaphricola
* Ustilago trachypogonis Zundel.
* Ustilago tragana Zundel.
* Ustilago trichoneurana Zundel.
* Ustilago trichophora Kunze.
* Ustilago tritici Rostr.
* Ustilago urochloana Zundel.
* Ustilago verruculosa Wakef.
* Ustilago vaillantii Tul.
* Ustilago verecunda Syd.
* Ustilago versatilis Syd.
* Ustilago welwitschiae Bres.
* Ustilago zeae Unger.
* Ustilago sp.
Genus: Ustulina
* Ustulina vulgaris Tul.