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.

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