# List of fungi of South Africa – R

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

## Ra

Genus: Radulum Fr. 1825, accepted as Xenotypa Petr., (1955)
* Radulum javanicum (Henn.) Lloyd 1915 accepted as Erythricium salmonicolor (Berk. & Broome) Burds., (1985)
* Radulum lirellosum Lloyd.
* Radulum mirabile Berk. & Broome 1873 accepted as Lopharia cinerascens (Schwein.) G. Cunn., (1956)
* Radulum orbiculare Fr. 1825 accepted as Xylodon radula (Fr.) Ţura, Zmitr., Wasser & Spirin, (2011)
Genus: Ramalina Ach. 1809 (Lichens)
* Ramalina angulosa Laurer ex Th. Fr. 1861 accepted as Ramalina australiensis Nyl., (1870)
* Ramalina arabum (Dill. ex Ach.) Meyen & Flot. 1843
* Ramalina australiensis Nyl., (1870) reported as Ramalina angulosa Laurer ex Th. Fr. 1861
* Ramalina bourgaeana Mont. ex Nyl. as ''bourgeana'' 1870 accepted as Niebla bourgaeana (Mont. ex Nyl.) Rundel & Bowler [as bourgeana], (1978)
* Ramalina calicaris (L.) Röhl. 1813
* Ramalina calicaris f. ecklonii (Spreng.) Nyl. 1860, accepted as Ramalina ecklonii (Spreng.) Meyen & Flot. [as 'eckloni'], (1843)
* Ramalina capensis var. angulosa Th. Fr. 1861
* Ramalina capensis var. melanothrix (Laurer) Th. Fr. 1861 accepted as Niebla melanothrix (Laurer) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S. Ekman, (2018)
* Ramalina celastri (Spreng.) Krog & Swinscow, (1976) reported as Ramalina linearis (Sw.) Ach. 1810
* Ramalina complanata (Sw.) Ach. 1810
* Ramalina cuspidata (Ach.) Nyl. 1870
* Ramalina cuspidata f. implexa H. Olivier 1892
* Ramalina dendriscoides Nyl. 1876
* Ramalina denticulata (Eschw.) Nyl. 1863
* Ramalina duriaei Jatta (sic) possibly (De Not.) Bagl. 1879, accepted as Ramalina lacera (With.) J.R. Laundon, (1984)
* Ramalina ecklonii (Spreng.) Meyen & Flot. 1843
* Ramalina euphorbiae Vain. 1901
* Ramalina evernioides Nyl. 1857
* Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach. 1810
* Ramalina farinacea var. squarrosa Müll. Arg. 1883 accepted as Ramalina peruviana Ach., (1810)
* Ramalina fastigiata (Pers.) Ach. 1810
* Ramalina fraxinea (L.) Ach. 1810
* Ramalina fraxinea var. fastigiata (Lilj.) Fr. 1826
* Ramalina geniculata Hook. f. & Taylor 1844, accepted as Ramalina inflata (Hook. f. & Taylor) Hook. f. & Taylor, (1845)
* Ramalina geniculata f. tenuis Hue.*
* Ramalina geniculata var. olivacea Müll. Arg. 1879 accepted as Ramalina inflata (Hook. f. & Taylor) Hook. f. & Taylor, (1845)
* Ramalina gracilis (Pers.) Nyl. 1860;
* Ramalina implexa Laur. (sic)possibly (Nyl.) Krog 1994
* Ramalina inflata (Hook. f. & Taylor) Hook. f. & Taylor, (1845) reported as Ramalina geniculata Hook. f. & Taylor 1844,
* Ramalina intermedia (Delise ex Nyl.) Nyl. 1873
* Ramalina lacera (With.) J.R. Laundon, (1984) possibly repoerted as Ramalina duriaei Jatta (sic) possibly (De Not.) Bagl. 1879
* Ramalina lanceolata Nyl. 1870
* Ramalina linearis (Sw.) Ach. 1810 accepted as Ramalina celastri (Spreng.) Krog & Swinscow, (1976)
* Ramalina melanothrix Laurer 1860 accepted as Niebla melanothrix (Laurer) Kistenich, Timdal, Bendiksby & S. Ekman, (2018)
* Ramalina membranacea Laur. possibly Mont. 1839
* Ramalina peruviana Ach., (1810) reported as Ramalina farinacea var. squarrosa Müll. Arg. 1883
* Ramalina pollinaria (Westr.) Ach. 1810
* Ramalina pollinaria f. cariosa Laurer 1870
* Ramalina pusilla Le Prévost ex Duby 1830
* Ramalina scopulorum (Ach.) Ach. 1810 accepted as Ramalina siliquosa (Huds.) A.L. Sm., (1918)
* Ramalina scopulorum var. cornuata (Ach.) Ach. 1810 accepted as Ramalina cuspidata (Ach.) Nyl., (1870)
* Ramalina scopulorum var. humilis Schaer.
* Ramalina scopulorum var. implexa Nyl.
* Ramalina siliquosa (Huds.) A.L. Sm., (1918) reported as Ramalina scopulorum (Ach.) Ach. 1810
* Ramalina subfraxinea Nyl. 1870
* Ramalina usnea (L.) R. Howe 1914
* Ramalina usnea var. capensis (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1930;
* Ramalina usnea var. contorta (Flot.) Zahlbr. 1930;
* Ramalina usneoides (Ach.) Mont. 1837
* Ramalina usneoides var. capensis Nyl.
* Ramalina usneoides var. contorta Flotow. wccepted as Ramalina usnea (L.) R. Howe 1914
* Ramalina webbii var. capensis A. Massal. 1861
* Ramalina yemensis (Ach.) Nyl. 1870.
* Ramalina yemensis f. fenestralis Stizenb. 1890
* Ramalina yemensis f. sublinearis Nyl. 1870
* Ramalina yemensis f. tenuissima Müll.Arg.*
* Ramalina yemensis var. ecklonii (Spreng.) Vain. 1890
* Ramalina yemensis var. lanceolata Nyl.*
* Ramalina yemensis var. membranacea (Laurer) Nyl. 1870
* Ramalina yemensis var. tenuissima (Meyen & Flot.) Zahlbr. 1930 accep-ted as Ramalina celastri (Spreng.) Krog & Swinscow, (1976)
Genus: Ramularia Unger 1833
* Ramularia areola G.F. Atk. 1890 accepted as Ramularia gossypii (Speg.) Cif., (1962)
* Ramularia gossypii (Speg.) Cif., (1962) reported as Ramularia areola G.F. Atk. 1890
* Ramularia primulae Thüm. 1878
* Ramularia richardiae Kalchbr. & Cooke 1880
* Ramularia rumicis Kalchbr. & Cooke 1880
Genus: Ravenelia Berk. 1853
* Ravenelia atrides Syd. & P. Syd. 1912 accepted as Uredopeltis atrides (Syd. & P. Syd.) A.R. Wood, (2007)
* Ravenelia baumiana Henn. 1903
* Ravenelia bottomleyae Doidge 1927 accepted as Spumula bottomleyae (Doidge) Thirum., (1946)
* Ravenelia deformans (Maubl.) Dietel 1906 accepted as Ravenelia hieronymi Speg., (1881)
* Ravenelia dichrostachydis Doidge 1927,
* Ravenelia elephantorhizae Doidge 1927
* Ravenelia escharoides Syd. & P. Syd. 1912
* Ravenelia evansii Syd. & P. Syd. 1912,
* Ravenelia glabra Kalchbr. & Cooke 1880
* Ravenelia halsei Doidge 1939
* Ravenelia hieronymi Speg., (1881) recorded as Ravenelia deformans (Maubl.) Dietel 1906
* Ravenelia indigoferae Tranzschel ex Dietel 1894
* Ravenelia inornata (Kalchbr.) Dietel 1894
* Ravenelia laevis Dietel & Holw. 1897
* Ravenelia le-testui Maubl., (1906)
* Ravenelia macowaniana Pazschke 1894
* Ravenelia minima Cooke 1882
* Ravenelia modesta Doidge 1939
* Ravenelia munduleae Henn. 1896
* Ravenelia natalensis Syd., P. Syd. & Pole-Evans 1912
* Ravenelia ornamentalis (Kalchbr.) Dietel 1906
* Ravenelia peglerae Pole-Evans 1950
* Ravenelia pienaarii Doidge 1927
* Ravenelia pretoriensis Syd. & P. Syd. 1912
* Ravenelia stictica Berk. & Broome 1873
* Ravenelia tephrosiae Kalchbr. 1886.
* Ravenelia transvaalensis Doidge 1939
* Ravenelia woodii Pazschke 1894,.

## Rh

Genus: Rhachomyces Thaxt. 1895
* Rhachomyces dolicaontis Thaxt., [as dolichaontis] (1901)
Genus: Rhinocladium Sacc. & Marchal 1885
* Rhinocladium beurmanni (Matr. & Ramond) Vuill. 1910 accepted as Sporothrix schenckii Hektoen & C.F. Perkins, (1900)
Genus: Rhinosporidium Minchin & Fantham 1905 (Mesomycetozoea) (Protozoa)
* Rhinosporidium kinealyi Minchin & Fantham 1905
* Rhinosporidium seeberi (Wernicke) Seeber 1912
* Rhinosporidium sp.
Genus: Rhinotrichum Corda 1837
* Rhinotrichum curtisii Berk. 1867 accepted as Acladium curtisii (Berk.) M.B. Ellis, (1976)
* Rhinotrichum rubiginosum Lloyd (sic) possibly (Fr.) Sumst. 1911 accepted as Botryobasidium rubiginosum (Fr.) Rossman & W.C. Allen, (2016)
Genus: Rhizina Fr. 1815,
* Rhizina inflata Karst. (sic) possobly (Schaeff.) Quél. 1886
* Rhizina resupinata Lloyd*
Genus: Rhizocarpon Ramond ex DC. 1805 (Lichens)
* Rhizocarpon affine G. Merr.
* Rhizocarpon badioatrum var. alboatrum Malme 1922, accepted as Rhizocarpon richardii (Lamy ex Nyl.) Zahlbr., (1926)
* Rhizocarpon capense Zahlbr. 1936
* Rhizocarpon disporum var. montagnei (Flot.) Zahlbr. 1926, accepted as Rhizocarpon disporum (Nägeli ex Hepp) Müll. Arg., (1879)
* Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. 1805
* Rhizocarpon geographicum f. atrovirens (L.) A. Massal. 1853 accepted as Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC. 1805
* Rhizocarpon geographicum f. intermedium (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1926
* Rhizocarpon montagnei Körb. 1855 accepted as Rhizocarpon disporum (Nägeli ex Hepp) Müll. Arg., (1879)
* Rhizocarpon patellarium (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1926
* Rhizocarpon richardii (Lamy ex Nyl.) Zahlbr., (1926) recorded as Rhizocarpon badioatrum var. alboatrum Malme 1922,
* Rhizocarpon viridiatrum (Wulfen) Körb. 1855
Genus: Rhizoctonia DC. 1815
* Rhizoctonia bataticola (Taubenh.) E.J.Butler, (1925), accepted as Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. (1947)
* Rhizoctonia crocorum (Pers.) DC. 1815 accepted as Helicobasidium purpureum (Tul.) Pat. 1885
* Rhizoctonia lamellifera W.Small (1924), accepted as Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. (1947)
* Rhizoctonia solani J.G. Kühn 1858
* Rhizoctonia sp.
Genus: Rhizomyces
* Rhizomyces confusus Thaxt.
Genus: Rhizopogon
* Rhizopogon capfcnsis Lloyd ex Verw.
* Rhizopogon luteolus Fr.
* Rhizopogon niger Zeller & Dodge.
* Rhizopogon pachyphloeus Zeller & Dodge.
* Rhizopogon radicans Lloyd
* Rhizopogon rubescens Tul.
Genus: Rhizopus
* Rhizopus arhizus Fisch.
* Rhizopus artocarpi Racib. (1900), accepted as Rhizopus stolonifer Vuillemin (1902)
* Rhizopus nigricans Ehrenberg (1820), accepted as Rhizopus stolonifer (Ehrenb.) Vuill., (1902)
* Rhizopus stolonifer (Ehrenb.) Vuill., (1902),
Genus: Rhodopaxillus Maire 1913, accepted as Lepista (Fr.) W.G. Sm., (1870)
* Rhodopaxillus caffrorum (Kalchbr. & MacOwan) Singer 1942 accepted as Lepista caffrorum (Kalchbr. & MacOwan) Singer, (1951)
Genus: Rhodotorula F.C. Harrison 1927
* Rhodotorula mucilaginosa (A. Jörg.) F.C. Harrison 1928
Genus: Rhopalospora*
* Rhopalospora caffra Massal.*
Genus: Rhynchosphaeria (Sacc.) Berl. 1890
* Rhynchosphaeria fagarae Doidge 1941
Genus: Rhynchosporium Heinsen ex A.B. Frank 1897,
* Rhynchosporium secalis (Oudem.) Davis 1919
Genus: Rhytisma Fr. 1819
* Rhytisma eugeniacearum Corda 1840
* Rhytisma grewiae Kalchbr. 1880 accepted as Phyllachora grewiae (Kalchbr.) Theiss. & Syd., (1915)
* Rhytisma melianthi Thüm. 1876 accepted as Phyllachora melianthi (Thüm.) Sacc., (1883)
* Rhytisma myricae Mont. 1856
* Rhytisma porrigo Cooke 1882 accepted as Cycloschizon porrigo (Cooke) Arx, (1962)

## Ri

Genus: Ricasolia A.Massal. (1855), accepted as Solenopsora A.Massal. (1855) (Lichens)
* Ricasolia crenulata var. stenospora Nyl. 1859
* Ricasolia erosa (Eschw.) Nyl. 1860 accepted as Emmanuelia erosa (Eschw.) Lücking, M. Cáceres & Ant. Simon, (2020)
* Ricasolia patinifera (Taylor) Müll. Arg. 1888 accepted as Emmanuelia patinifera (Taylor) Lücking, M. Cáceres & Ant. Simon, (2020)
* Ricasolia ravenelii (Tuck.) Nyl. 1863 accepted as Emmanuelia ravenelii (Tuck.) Ant. Simon & Goffinet, (2020)
* Ricasolia sublaevis Nyl. 1868
Genus: Rinodina (Ach.) Gray 1821 (Lichens)
* Rinodina aethalea Ach.*
* Rinodina albotincta (sic) Zahlbr. possibly Rinodina albocincta Zahlbr., (1936)
* Rinodina bicolor Zahlbr. 1932
* Rinodina capensis Hampe 1861
* Rinodina confragulosa (sic) Müll.Arg. possibly Rinodina confragosula (Nyl.) Müll. Arg. 1887,
* Rinodina conspersa Müll. Arg. 1889
* Rinodina deminutula (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1931
* Rinodina detecta (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1931
* Rinodina exigua (Ach.) Gray 1821
* Rinodina ficta (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1931
* Rinodina hufferiana (sic) Müll.Arg. probably Rinodina huefferiana Müll. Arg. 1880
* Rinodina huillensis Vain. 1901
* Rinodina microlepida Müll. Arg. 1888
* Rinodina microphthalma A. Massal. 1861
* Rinodina oreina (Ach.) A. Massal. 1852, accepted as Dimelaena oreina (Ach.) Norman, (1852)
* Rinodina roboris (Dufour ex Nyl.) Arnold 1881
* Rinodina sophodes (Ach.) A. Massal. 1852
* Rinodina sophodes var. atroalbida (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1931 [as atroalba]
* Rinodina sophodes var. ledienii Stein 1888
* Rinodina teichophiloides (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1931 accepted as Rinodina blastidiata Matzer & H. Mayrhofer, (1994)
Genus: Rizalia Syd. & P. Syd. 1914
* Rizalia confusa Doidge 1924

## Ro

Genus: Roccella DC. 1805 (Lichens)
* Roccella arnoldi Vain. 1901
* Roccella fuciformis (L.) DC., (1805),
* Roccella fucoides (Neck.) Vain. 1901 accepted as Roccella phycopsis Ach., (1810)
* Roccella fucoides var. arnoldi (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1915
* Roccella hereroensis Vain. 1900
* Roccella hypomecha (Ach.) Bory 1828 accepted as Roccellina hypomecha (Ach.) Tehler, (2007)
* Roccella hypomecha var. benguellensis Vain. 1901
* Roccella hypomecha var. isabellina Vain. 1901
* Roccella linearis var. guineensis Vain. 1901
* Roccella linearis var. primaria Vain. 1901
* Roccella mollusca (Ach.) Nyl. 1858 accepted as Combea mollusca (Ach.) Nyl., (1860)
* Roccella montagnei Bél. (1834),
* Roccella mossamedana Vain. 1901
* Roccella phycopsis Ach. (1810),
* Roccella podocarpa Vain. 1901
* Roccella tinctoria DC. 1805 accepted as Roccella phycopsis Ach., (1810)
* Roccella tinctoria f. complanata Vain. 1901
* Roccella tinctoria var. hypomecha (Ach.) Ach. 1810 accepted as Roccellina hypomecha (Ach.) Tehler, (2007)
* Roccella tinctoria var. subpodicellata Vain. 1901
Family: Roccellaceae Chevall. 1826
Genus: Rosellinia De Not. 1844
* Rosellinia aquila (Fr.) Ces. & De Not. 1844
* Rosellinia subiculata (Schwein.) Sacc. 1882
* Rosellinia sp.
Genus: Rosenscheldia Speg. 1885 accepted as Botryosphaeria Ces. & De Not., (1863)
* Rosenscheldia horridula Doidge 1921

## Ru

Genus: Russula Pers. 1796
* Russula cyanoxantha (Schaeff.) Fr. 1863
* Russula integra (L.) Fr. 1838
* Russula pectinata Fr. 1838,
* Russula rubra (Lam.) Fr. 1838