# List of fungi of South Africa – 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.
Genus: Macowaniella
* Macowaniella congesta Doidge
* Macowaniella myrsinicola Doidge
Genus: Macowanites Kalchbr. (1882), accepted as Russula Pers. (1796)
* Macowanites agarieinum Kalchbr.
Genus: Macrodiplodia
* Macrodiplodia corticale Kalchbr. & Cooke
Genus: Macrophoma
* Macrophoma agapanthi Trav.
* Macrophoma aloes Scalia.
* Macrophoma artemisiae Berl. & Vogl
* Macrophoma cattleyicola P.Henn.
* Macrophoma clematidis Togn.
* Macrophoma curvispora Peek. accepted as Neofabraea malicorticis H.S.Jacks., (1913)
* Macrophoma dryopteris Verw. & du Pless.
* Macrophoma falconieri P.Henn.
* Macrophoma oleae Berl. & Vogl.
* Macrophoma palnuirum Berl. & Vogl.
* Macrophoma pinea Petrak & Syd.
* Macrophoma sp.
Genus: Macrophomina
* Macrophomina limbalis Syd.
* Macrophomina phaseoli (Maubl.) S.F. Ashby (1927) accepted as Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. (1947)
Genus: Macrosporium
* Macrosporium camelliae Cooke & Mass.
* Macrosporium carotae Ellis & Langl., (1890), accepted as Alternaria dauci (J.G.Kühn) J.W.Groves & Skolko, (1944)
* Macrosporium citri McAlp.
* Macrosporium cladosporioides Desm.
* Macrosporium commune Rabenh., (1870), accepted as Pleospora herbarum (Pers.) Rabenh. (1857)
* Macrosporium cucumerinum Ellis & Everh., (1895) accepted as Alternaria cucumerina, (Ellis & Everh.) J.A.Elliott, (1917)
* Macrosporium eucalypti P.Henn.
* Macrosporium iridis Cooke & Ell.
* Macrosporium lanceolatum Mass.
* Macrosporium longipes Ell. & Everh.
* Macrosporium maydis Cooke & Ell.
* Macrosporium nigricantium Atk.
* Macrosporium nobile Vize.
* Macrosporium oleae Berl. & Vogl.
* Macrosporium phaseoli Fautr.
* Macrosporium porri Ell.
* Macrosporium punctatum Kalchbr. & Cooke
* Macrosporium sarcinula Berk.(1838), accepted as Pleospora herbarum (Pers.) Rabenh. (1857)
* Macrosporium solani Ell. & Mart. accepted as Alternaria solani Sorauer, (1896)
* Macrosporium tabacinum Ell. & Mart.
* Macrosporium tomato Cooke
* Macrosporium vitis Sorok.
* Macrosporium sp.
Genus: Madurella
* Madurella sp.
Genus: Malacaria
* Malacaria meliolieola Syd.
Genus: Malassezia
* Malassezia furfur Baillon.
Genus: Marasmius
* Marasmius calopus Fr.
* Marasmius candidus Fr.
* Marasmius delectans Morgan.
* Marasmius epiphyllus Fr.
* Marasmius filaris Kalchbr. & MacOwan.
* Marasmius haematocephalus Mont. ex Fr.
* Marasmius hariolorum Quel.
* Marasmius helvolus Berk.
* Marasmius oreadoides Pass.
* Marasmius petalinus Berk. & Curt.
* Marasmius rotula Fr.
* Marasmius saccharinu Fr.
* Marasmius scorodonius (Fr.) Fr., 1826 accepted as Mycetinis scorodonius (Fr.) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin, 2005
* Marasmius siccus Fr.
* Marasmius splachnoides Fr.
* Marasmius tener Berk. & Curt.
* Marasmius togoensis P.Henn.
* Marasmius thwaitesii Berk. & Br.
* Marasmius torquescens Quel.
* Marasmius ustorum Berk.
* Marasmius sp.
Genus: Maronea (Lichen)
* Maronea constans Hepp.
* Maronea crassilabra H.Magn.
* Maronea horizoides Wain.
Genus: Marssonina
* Marssonia castagnei Sacc.
* Marssonina fragariae (Lib.) Kleb., (1918) accepted as Diplocarpon earlianum (Ellis & Everh.) F.A.Wolf [as 'earliana'], (1924)
* Marssonina juglandis (Lib.) Magnus, (1906) accepted as Ophiognomonia leptostyla (Fr.) Sogonov, Stud. Mycol. 62: 62 (2008)
* Marssonina populi Magn.
* Marssonina sp.
Genus: Massecella
* Massecella flueggeae Syd. (sic)

## Me

Genus: Medusula
* Medusula disjectans Nyl.
Genus: Megalonectria
* Megalonectria nigrescens Sacc.
* Megalonectria pseudotrichia (Schwein.) Speg., (1881). accepted as Nectria pseudotrichia (Schwein.) Berk. & M.A. Curtis, (1853)
Genus: Megalospora
* Megalospora lutea Flotow.
* Megalospora stellenboschiana Zahlbr.
* Megalospora versicolor Zahlbr.
Genus: Megatrichophyton
* Megatrichophyton roseum Doidge
Family: Melampsoraceae (Rusts)
Genus: Melampsora
* Melampsora aecidioides Schroet.
* Melampsora helioscopiae Wint.
* Melampsora hyperici Schroet.
* Melampsora hypericorum Wint. var. australis Doidge
* Melampsora junodii Doidge
* Melampsora lini Lev.
* Melampsora mixta Schroet.
* Melampsora puccinioides Wint.
* Melampsora ricini Pass.
* Melampsora stratosa Cooke
* Melampsora tremulae Tul.
* Melampsora vitellinae Thuem.
Genus: Melampsorella
* Melampsorella ricini de Toni
Genus: Melampydium
* Melampydium metabolum Müll.Arg. subsp. africanum Zahlbr.
Genus: Melanaspicilia
* Melanaspicilia aethalea Wain.
* Melanaspicilia epichlora Vain.
Genus: Melanconiaceae Melanconiaceae
Genus: Melanconiales Melanconiales
Genus: Melanconium
* Melanconium fourcroyae Syd.
* Melanconium sacchari Massee, (1896), accepted as Phaeocytostroma sacchari (Ellis & Everh.) B. Sutton, (1964)
Genus: Melanogaster
* Melanogaster ambiguus Tul.
* Melanogaster owanianum Kalchbr.
Genus: Melanops
* Melanops perseae Petrak.
Genus: Melanopsamma
* Melanopsamma parasitica Sacc.
Genus: Melanopsichium
* Melanopsichium austro-americanum G.Beck
Genus: Melanospora
* Melanospora parasitica (Tul.) Tul. & C.Tul. (1865)accepted as Syspastospora parasitica (Tul.) P.F.Cannon & D.Hawksw. (1982)
Genus: Melanotheca
* Melanotheca oculea Stizenb.
Genus: Melasmia
* Melasmia confluens v.Hohn.
* Melasmia parinarii P.Henn.
Genus: Melaspilea (Lichens and lichenocolous)
* Melaspilea gemella Nyl.
Genus: Melastiza
* Melastiza charteri Boud.
Genus: Meliola
* Meliola acanthacearum Hansf.
* Meliola acridocarpi Doidge
* Meliola allophyli Doidge
* Meliola amphitricha Fr.
* Meliola apodytis v.d.Byl
* Meliola arcuata Doidge
* Meliola argentina Speg.
* Meliola atalayae Doidge
* Meliola atra Doidge
* Meliola azimae Doidge
* Meliola behniae Syd.
* Meliola bifida Cooke
* Meliola bosciae Doidge
* Meliola braehyodonta Syd.
* Meliola buxicola Doidge
* Meliola campylotricha Syd.
* Meliola capensis Theiss.
* Meliola capnodioides Thuem.
* Meliola carissae Doidge
* Meliola celtidicola v.d.Byl
* Meliola choristylidis Doidge
* Meliola cladophila Syd.
* Meliola chidotricha Lev.
* Meliola clavieulata Doidge
* Meliola cluytiae v.d.Byl.
* Meliola cnestidis Doidge
* Meliola comata Doidge
* Meliola conferta Doidge
* Meliola cryptocaryae Doidge
* Meliola cylindripoda Doidge
* Meliola dactylipoda Syd.
* Meliola ditricha Doidge
* Meliola doidgeae Syd.
* Meliola draeaenicola Pat. & Har.
* Meliola dummeri Hansf. var. brachyodonta Hansf.
* Meliola evansii Doidge
* Meliola excoecariae Doidge
* Meliola falcata Syd.
* Meliola furcillata Doidge
* Meliola ganglifera Kalchbr.
* Meliola gemellipoda Doidge
* Meliola geniculata Syd. & Butler var. macrospora Doidge
* Meliola glabra Berk. & Curt.
* Meliola gloriosa Doidge
* Meliola goniomae Doidge
* Meliola heudeloti Gaill.
* Meliola hippocrateae Doidge
* Meliola impatientis Doidge
* Meliola indigoferae Syd.
* Meliola inermis Kalchbr. & Cooke.
* Meliola jasminicola P. Henn.
* Meliola kentaniensis Doidge
* Meliola knowltoniae Doidge
* Meliola knysnae Doidge
* Meliola leptidea Syd.
* Meliola littoralis Syd.
* Meliola loxostylidis Doidge
* Meliola macowaniana Thuem.
* Meliola malacotricha Speg.
* Meliola manca Ell. & Mart.
* Meliola merrillii Syd.
* Meliola microspora var. africana Doidge
* Meliola microthecia Thuem.
* Meliola natalensis Doidge
* Meliola natalensis var. conferta Doidge
* Meliola natalensis var. lara Doidge
* Meliola ochnae Doidge
* Meliola oleicola Doidge
* Meliola oleicola var. jasmini Doidge
* Meliola oliniae Kalchbr.
* Meliola oncinotidis Doidge
* Meliola osyridis Doidge
* Meliola palmieola Wint.
* Meliola panici Earle.
* Meliola peddieicola Hansf.
* Meliola peglerae Doidge
* Meliola peltata Doidge
* Meliola perpusilla Syd. var. congoensis Beeli.
* Meliola petiolaris Doidge
* Meliola podocarpi Doidge
* Meliola polytrieha Kalchbr. & Cooke
* Meliola popowiae Doidge
* Meliola psilostomae Thuem.
* Meliola psychotriae Earle.
* Meliola ptaeroxyli Doidge
* Meliola puiggarii Speg.
* Meliola quinquespora Thuem.
* Meliola rhoina Doidge
* Meliola rhois P.Henn.
* Meliola rhois var. tenuis Doidge
* Meliola rigida Doidge
* Meliola sapindacearum Speg.
* Meliola scabra Doidge
* Meliola sclerochitoni Kalchbr.
* Meliola scolopiae Doidge
* Meliola sinuosa Doidge
* Meliola speciosa Doidge
* Meliola strophanthi Doidge
* Meliola thuemeniana Stev.
* Meliola toddaliae Doidge
* Meliola torta Doidge
* Meliola transvaalensis Doidge
* Meliola varia Doidge
* Meliola woodiana Sacc.
* Meliola xumenensis Doidge
* Meliola zehneriae v.d.Byl.
* Meliola sp. var. M. capnodioides Thuem.
* Meliola sp.
Family: Meliolaceae
Genus: Meliolaster
* Meliolaster mackenzii Doidge
Genus: Meliolina
* Meliolina arborescens Syd.
* Meliolina cladotricha Syd.
* Meliolina irenicolum Stevens.
Genus: Melogramma
* Melogramma eucalypti Kalchbr. & Cooke
Family: Melogrammataceae
Genus: Memnoniella
* Memnoniella echinata Gall.
Genus: Menispora
* Menispora cylindrica Kalchbr. & Cooke
Merulioidea
Genus: Merulius
* Merulius alneus (L.) J.F.Gmel. (1792), accepted as Schizophyllum commune Fr. (1815)
* Merulius corium Fr.
* Merulius gelatinosus Lloyd
* Merulius himantoides Fr.
* Merulius lacrymans Fr.
* Merulius pinastri Burt.
* Merulius rufus Pers. ex Fr.
* Merulius serpens Tode ex Fr.
* Merulius squalidus Fr.
* Merulius tremellosus Schrad. (1794), accepted as Phlebia tremellosa (Schrad.) Nakasone & Burds. (1984)
Genus: Metarrhizium
* Metarrhizium anisopliae Sorokin
Genus: Metasphaeria
* Metasphaeria brachiata Sacc.
* Metasphaeria caffra Petrak.
* Metasphaeria cumana Sacc.
* Metasphaeria metuloidea Sacc.

## Mi

Genus: Microcallis
* Microcallis nuxiae Hansf.
* Microcallis oleae Hansf.
Genus: Microcyclus
* Microcyclus kentaniensis Doidge
* Microcyclus osyridis (Cooke) Sacc. (1904), accepted as Microcyclus amphimelaenus (Mont.) Arx [as amphimelaena], in Müller & von Arx,(1962)
* Microcyclus tassianus (Sacc.) Syd. & P. Syd. (1904), accepted as Microcyclus amphimelaenus (Mont.) Arx [as amphimelaena], in Müller & von Arx,(1962)
Genus: Microdiplodia
* Microdiplodia rikatliensis Petrak.
Genus: Micropeltis
* Micropeltis maratliae P.Henn.
* Micropeltis stigma Cooke
* Micropeltis trichomanis P.Henn.
Genus: Microphiale
* Microphiale lutea Zahlbr.
Genus: Microsphaera
* Microsphaera alni (DC. ex Wallr.) G. Winter, (1884), accepted as Microsphaera penicillata (Wallr.) Lév., (1851)
* Microsphaera polonica Siemaszko.
Genus: Microsporon
* Microsporon furfur Robin.
Genus: Microsporum
* Microsporum audouinii Gruby.
Genus: Microstroma
* Microstroma albizziae Syd.
* Microstroma album Sacc.
* Microstroma quercinum Niessl.
* Microstroma quercinum f. roboris Thuem.
Genus: Microthelia
* Microthelia confluens Müll.Arg.
* Microthelia macrocarpoides Zahlbr.
* Microthelia micula Korb.
* Microthelia uniserialis Zahlbr.
Fanily: Microthyriaceae
Family: Microthyriae
Order: Microthyriales
Genus: Microthyriella
* Microthyriella transvaalensis Doidge
Genus: Microthyrium
* Microthyrium annuliforme Syd.
* Microthyrium maculicolum Doidge
* Microthyrium ranulisporum Doidge
Genus: Milesina
* Milesina dieteliana P.Magn.
* Milesina nervisequa Syd.

## Mo

Genus: Mollisia
* Mollisia aquosa Phill.
* Mollisia cinerea Karst.
* Mollisia subgilva Kalchbr. & Cooke
Genus: Monascus
* Monascus ruber van Tiegh.
Genus: Monilia accepted as Monilinia
* Monilia balcanica Castellani & Chalmers.
* Monilia bethaliensis Pijper
* Monilia fimicola Cost. & Matr.
* Monilia krusei Castellani & Chalmers
* Monilia pseudolondinensis Castellani & Chalmers
* Monilia pseudotropicalis Castellani & Chalmers
* Monilia rugosa Castellani & Chalmers
* Monilia sitophila Sace.
* Monilia zeylanica Castellani & Chalmers
* Monilia sp.
Genus: Monochaetia
* Monochaetia camelliae Miles.
* Monochaetia cydoniae Pole Evans & Doidge
Genus: Monoicomyces
* Monoicomyces zealandicus Thaxt.
Genus: Montagnella
* Montagnella asperata Syd.
* Montagnella maxima Mass.
* Montagnella peglerae Pole Evans
Family: Montagnellaceae
Genus: Montagnites
* Montagnites candollei Fr.
Genus: Morphella
* Morphella conica Pers.
* Morphella esculenta Pers.
Genus: Morenoella
* Morenoella oxyanthae Doidge
* Morenoella phillipsii Doidge
Genus: Morenoina
* Morenoina africana Doidge
* Morenoina dracaenae Doidge
Family:Mortierellaceae

## Mu

Family:Mucedinaceae
Genus: Mucor
* Mucor clavatus Linn.
* Mucor exitiosus Mass.
* Mucor hiemalis Wehm.
* Mucor mucedo Linn.
* Mucor racemosus Pres.
* Mucor rouxii Calm.
* Mucor stercorius Link.
Family: Mucoraceae
Family: Mucorales
Genus: Mucronella
* Mucronella aggregata Fr.
Genus: Mutinus
* Mutinus bambusinus Ed.Fisch.
* Mutinus curtisii Ed.Fisch.
* Mutinus simplex Lloyd.

## My

Mycelia sterilia
Genus: Mycena
* Mycena acicula Quel.
* Mycena alcalina Quel.
* Mycena actiniceps Sacc.
* Mycena arguta Sacc.
* Mycena capillaris Quel.
* Mycena elavicularis Gill.
* Mycena corticola Quel.
* Mycena debilis Quel.
* Mycena dilatata Gill.
* Mycena dregeana Sacc.
* Mycena galericulata S.F.Gray
* Mycena heliscus Sacc.
* Mycena hiemalis Quel.
* Mycena macrorrhiza Sacc.
* Mycena rhodiophylla Sacc.
* Mycena sciola Sacc.
* Mycena tenerrima (Fr.) Quél. (1874),accepted as Mycena adscendens (Lasch) Maas Geest. (1981)
* Mycena tintinnabula Quel.
* Mycena vitrea Quel.
* Mycena vulgaris Quel.
* Mycena sp.
Genus: Mycenastrum
* Mycenastrum corium (Guers.) Desv. (1842),
* Mycenastrum lejospermum Mont.
* Mycenastrum phaeotrichum Berk.
Genus: Mycobilimbia (Lichens)
* Mycobilimbia aeervata Vouaux.
* Mycobilimbia quatemella Vouaux.
Genus: Mycoderma
* Mycoderma pararugosum Dodge
Genus: Mycogone
* Mycogone aurantiaca da Cam.
* Mycogone sp.
Genus: Mycolangloisia
* Mycolangloisia nitida Hansf.
Genus: Mycoleptodon Pat. (1897), accepted as Steccherinum Gray (1821)
* Mycoleptodon ochraeeum Pat.
Family:Mycoporaceae
Genus: Mycoporellum
* Mycoporellum lahmii Müll.Arg.
Genus: Mycoporum
* Mycoporum lahmii Stizenb.
* Mycoporum pycnocarpum Nyl.
Genus: Mycosphaerella
* Mycosphaerella agapanthi Lindau.
* Mycosphaerella aloes Syd.
* Mycosphaerella areola Ehrlich & Wolf.
* Mycosphaerella brassicaecola Lindau.
* Mycosphaerella byliana Syd.
* Mycosphaerella citrullina (C.O. Sm.) Grossenb., (1909), accepted as Didymella bryoniae (Fuckel) Rehm, (1881)
* Mycosphaerella dichrostachydis v.d.Byl
* Mycosphaerella fragariae (Tul.) Lindau, 1897,
* Mycosphaerella gibelliana Pass.
* Mycosphaerella gossypina Atk.
* Mycosphaerella loranthi Syd.
* Mycosphaerella maculiformis (Pers.) J. Schröt., (1894), accepted as Mycosphaerella punctiformis (Pers.) Starbäck, (1889)
* Mycosphaerella moelleriana Lindau.
* Mycosphaerella moricola Linn.
* Mycosphaerella nemesiae Dipp.
* Mycosphaerella pinodes Stone. (sic), possibly (Berk. & A. Bloxam) Vestergr., (1912)accepted as Didymella pinodes (Berk. & A. Bloxam) Petr., (1924)
* Mycosphaerella plectranthi Doidge
* Mycosphaerella rubi Roark
* Mycosphaerella schoenoprasi Schroet. (sic) possibly Rabenh., (1894) [1897], accepted as Davidiella tassiana (De Not.) Crous & U. Braun, (2003)
* Mycosphaerella sentina (Fr.) J. Schröt., (1894), accepted as Mycosphaerella pyri (Auersw.) Boerema, (1970)
* Mycosphaerella theae Shaw
Family: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Mycotoruloides
* Mycotoruloides triades Langeron & Talice.
Family: Myriangiaceae
Order:Myriangiales
Genus: Myriangium
* Myriangium montagnei Berk.
Genus: Myriostoma
* Myriostoma coliformis Corda.
Genus: Myrothecium
* Myrothecium verrucaria Alb. & Schw.
Genus: Mystrosporium
* Mystrosporium alliorum Berk.
* Mystrosporium aterrimum Berk. & Curt.
* Mystrosporium polytrichum Cooke
* Mystrosporium velutinum Kalchbr. & Cooke
Genus: Myxosporium
* Myxosporium corticola Edgert.