This is an alphabetical list of the fungal taxa as recorded from South Africa. Currently accepted names have been appended.
Ca Genus: Caeoma Link 1809, accepted as Puccinia Pers., (1794) (Rusts) Caeoma clematidis Thüm. 1876 Caeoma heteromorphae Doidge 1927 Caeoma lichtensteiniae Doidge 1941, Caeoma nervisequum Thüm. 1877 accepted as Milesina nervisequa (Thüm.) P. Syd. & Syd., (1915) Caeoma (Aecidium) resinaecola Rud. accepted as Caeoma resinicola F. Rudolphi, (1829) Caeoma ricini Schltdl. 1826
Family: Caliciaceae Chevall. 1826
Genus: Calicium Pers. 1794 (Lichens) Calicium turbinatum Pers. 1797 accepted as Sphinctrina turbinata Fr., (1825)
Genus: Callopisma De Not. 1847 accepted as Caloplaca Th. Fr., (1860) Callopisma capense A. Massal. 1861 as capensis Callopisma cinnabarinum (Ach.) Müll. Arg. 1881 accepted as Brownliella cinnabarina (Ach.) S.Y. Kondr., Kärnefelt, A. Thell, Elix, Jung Kim, A.S. Kondr. & Hur, (2013) Callopisma cinnabarinum var. opacum Müll. Arg. 1881 accepted as Brownliella cinnabarina (Ach.) S.Y. Kondr., Kärnefelt, A. Thell, Elix, Jung Kim, A.S. Kondr. & Hur, (2013) Callopisma crocodes A. Massal. 1861 Callopisma flavum Müll. Arg. 1893 Callopisma haematodes A. Massal. 1861; Callopisma teicophilum A. Massal. 1861 Callopisma zambesicum Müll. Arg. 1893
Genus: Calloriopsis Syd. & P. Syd. 1917 Calloriopsis gelatinosa (Sacc.) Syd. & P. Syd. 1917, accepted as Calloriopsis herpotricha (Berk.) R. Sant., (1951)
Genus: Calocera (Fr.) Fr. 1828 Calocera cornea (Batsch) Fr. 1827
Genus: Calonectria De Not. 1867 Calonectria capensis Doidge 1924, accepted as Byssocallis capensis (Doidge) Rossman, (1979) Calonectria cephalosporii Hansf. 1946, accepted as Dimerosporiella cephalosporii (Hansf.) Rossman & Samuels, in Rossman, Samuels, Rogerson & Lowen, (1999) Calonectria decora (Wallr.) Sacc. 1878, accepted as Flammocladiella decora (Wallr.) Lechat & J. Fourn., (2018) Calonectria leucorrhodina (Mont.) Speg. 1881 accepted as Dimerosporiella leucorrhodina (Mont.) Rossman & Samuels, (1999) Calonectria meliolae Hansf. 1941 Calonectria rigidiuscula (Berk. & Broome) Sacc., (1878), accepted as Albonectria rigidiuscula (Berk. & Broome) Rossman & Samuels (1999) Calonectria ugandae Hansf. 1941
Genus: Calopeltis Syd. 1925, accepted as Cyclotheca Theiss., (1914) Calopeltis jasmini Doidge 1942, accepted as Cyclotheca jasmini (Doidge) Arx, (1962)
Genus: Caloplaca Th. Fr. 1860, (Lichens) Caloplaca amphidoxa (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1930 Caloplaca aurantiaca (Lightf.) Th. Fr. 1861, accepted as Blastenia ferruginea (Huds.) A. Massal.,(1852) Caloplaca aurantiaca f. fulva Zahlbr. Caloplaca benguellensis (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1930 Caloplaca calviniana Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca capensis (A. Massal.) Zahlbr. 1930 Caloplaca cardinalis Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca carphinea var. scoriophila (A. Massal.) J. Steiner 1911 accepted as Usnochroma scoriophilum (A. Massal.) Søchting, Arup & Frödén, (2013) Caloplaca cataschista Zahlbr. 1936 [as catachista] Caloplaca cerina (Hedw.) Th. Fr. 1861 Caloplaca cinnabarina (Ach.) Zahlbr. 1908, accepted as Brownliella cinnabarina (Ach.) S.Y. Kondr., Kärnefelt, A. Thell, Elix, Jung Kim, A.S. Kondr. & Hur, (2013) Caloplaca cinnabarina var. opaca (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. 1930, accepted as Brownliella cinnabarina (Ach.) S.Y. Kondr., Kärnefelt, A. Thell, Elix, Jung Kim, A.S. Kondr. & Hur, (2013) Caloplaca cinnabarina var. pallidior (Stizenb.) Jatta 1910 Caloplaca cinnabarina var. subfulgescens (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1930 Caloplaca cinnabariza (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1930 Caloplaca coccinella (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1930 Caloplaca conchiliata Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca crocodes (A. Massal.) Zahlbr. 1930 Caloplaca delectans Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca diploplaca Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca diploplaca var. gracilior Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca discolorella Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca ecklonii (A. Massal.) Zahlbr. 1931 Caloplaca effusa G. Merr. ex Van der Byl 1931 Caloplaca elegans (Link) Th.Fr. (1871), accepted as Xanthoria elegans (Link) Th.Fr. (1860) Caloplaca elegantissima (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1931 accepted as Stellarangia elegantissima (Nyl.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting, (2013) Caloplaca eudoxa (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. 1931 accepted as Teloschistopsis eudoxa (Müll. Arg.) Frödén, Arup & Søchting, (2013) Caloplaca euelpis (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1930 Caloplaca fecunda Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca ferruginea (Huds.) Th. Fr. 1861, accepted as Blastenia ferruginea (Huds.) A. Massal., (1852) Caloplaca ferruginea f. erysibe Jatta 1900 Caloplaca ferrugineovirens (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca flava (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. 1930 Caloplaca flavorubens (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1931; Caloplaca flavovirescens (Wulfen) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. 1902, accepted as Gyalolechia flavovirescens (Wulfen) Søchting, Frödén & Arup, (2013) Caloplaca gracilescens Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca granulosa Jatta. possibly (Müll. Arg.) J. Steiner 1894, accepted as Flavoplaca granulosa (Müll. Arg.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting, (2013) Caloplaca haematodes (A. Massal.) Zahlbr. 1930 Caloplaca hampeana (A. Massal.) Zahlbr. 1930 Caloplaca lamprocheila Flagey. Caloplaca leptopisma (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1931 Caloplaca leucoxantha (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. 1931 Caloplaca massula (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1930 Caloplaca mastophora (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca mastophora var. flavorubescens Vain Caloplaca murorum Th. Fr. 1871, accepted as Calogaya saxicola (Hoffm.) Vondrák,(2016) Caloplaca neethlingii Zahlbr. 1936 Caloplaca nideri var. pruinosula Zahlbr. 1926 Caloplaca nolens Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca odoardii (Bagl.) Zahlbr. 1930 Caloplaca orichalcea (Stizenb.) Zahlbr. 1931 Caloplaca pallidior (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. 1931 Caloplaca pallidior f. opaca (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. 1932 accepted as Brownliella cinnabarina (Ach.) S.Y. Kondr., Kärnefelt, A. Thell, Elix, Jung Kim, A.S. Kondr. & Hur, (2013) Caloplaca perexigua Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca phlogina (Ach.) Flagey 1886, accepted as Scythioria phlogina (Ach.) S.Y. Kondr., Kärnefelt, Elix, A. Thell & Hur, (2014) Caloplaca placidia (A. Massal.) J. Steiner 1916 Caloplaca platyna Zahlbr. 1936 Caloplaca poliotera (Nyl.) J. Steiner 1897 Caloplaca punicea (Müll. Arg.) Jatta 1910 Caloplaca pyracea Th.Fr. , possibly (Ach.) Zwackh 1862, accepted as Athallia pyracea (Ach.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting, (2013) Caloplaca pyracea f. pyrithromoides (Nyl.) H. Olivier 1909 Caloplaca pyracea f. subpicta Zahlbr. 1931 Caloplaca pyracea var. pyrithroma (Ach.) Flagey 1888, accepted as Athallia pyracea (Ach.) Arup, Frödén & Søchting, (2013) Caloplaca pyropoecila (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1931 Caloplaca pyropoeciloides Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca regalis (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1931 accepted as Polycauliona regalis (Vain.) Hue, (1908) Caloplaca regalis f. prostrata (Hue) Zahlbr. 1931 accepted as Polycauliona prostrata (Hue) C.W. Dodge, (1973) Caloplaca sophodes (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca subcerina (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1924 Caloplaca subseptata Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca subsoluta (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1931 accepted as Squamulea subsoluta (Nyl.) Arup, Søchting & Frödén, (2013) Caloplaca subpunicolor Zahlbr.* Caloplaca sympageella (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1932 Caloplaca tegularis (Ehrh.) Sandst. 1912 Caloplaca teicophila (A. Massal.) Zahlbr. 1931 Caloplaca theloschistoides Zahlbr. 1921 accepted as Polycauliona theloschistoides (Zahlbr.) C.W. Dodge, (1971) Caloplaca zambesica (Müll. Arg.) Zahlbr. 1931
Family: Caloplacaceae Zahlbr. 1908
Genus: Calosphaeria Tul. & C. Tul. 1863 Calosphaeria cylindrica (Kalchbr. & Cooke) Sacc. 1882, accepted as Peroneutypa cylindrica (Kalchbr. & Cooke.) Berl., (1902) Calosphaeria princeps Tul. & C. Tul. 1863,
Genus: Calospora Calospora arausiaca (Fabre) Sacc. 1883, accepted as Coryneum arausiacum (Fabre) Senan., Maharachch. & K.D. Hyde [as 'arausiaca'], (2017) Calospora bottomleyae Doidge 1941,
Genus: Calothyrium Theiss. 1912, accepted as Asterinella Theiss., (1912) Calothyrium psychotriae Doidge 1922, accepted as Schiffnerula psychotriae (Doidge) S. Hughes, (1987)
Genus: Calvatia Fr. 1849 Calvatia caelata (Bull.) Morgan (1890), accepted as Bovistella utriformis (Bull.) Demoulin & Rebriev, (2017) Calvatia candida (Rostk.) Hollós 1902 Calvatia fontanesii Lloyd* Calvatia gigantea (Batsch) Lloyd 1904 Calvatia incerta Bottomley 1948 Calvatia lepidophora Lloyd possibly (Ellis & Everh.) Coker & Couch 1928; Calvatia lilacina (Mont. & Berk.) Henn. 1904 Calvatia macrogemmae Lloyd 1923 Calvatia olivacea (Cooke & Massee) Lloyd 1905 Calvatia pachyderma (Peck) Morgan 1890, accepted as Langermannia pachyderma (Peck) Kreisel, (1962) Calvatia saccata (Vahl) Morgan 1890, accepted as Lycoperdon excipuliforme (Scop.) Pers., (1801)
Genus: Campanella Henn. 1895, Campanella buettneri Henn. [as büttneri], (1895) Campanella cucullata (Fr.) Lloyd 1919, accepted as Campanella junghuhnii (Mont.) Singer, (1945)
Genus: Campbellia Cooke & Massee 1890, accepted as Gyrodon Opat., (1836) Campbellia africana Cooke & Massee 1890, accepted as Gyrodon africanus (Cooke & Massee) Singer, (1951)
Genus: Candelaria A. Massal. 1852 (Lichens) Candelaria concolor (Dicks.) Arnold 1879 Candelaria fibrosa (Fr.) Müll. Arg. 1887 Candelaria stellata (Tuck.) Müll. Arg. 1887, accepted as Coccocarpia stellata Tuck., (1862)
Genus: Candelariella Müll. Arg. 1894(Lichens) Candelariella elaeophaea (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1928 Candelariella glaucolivescens (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1928 Candelariella vitellina (Hoffm.) Müll. Arg. 1894 Candelariella vitellina f. athallina (Wedd.) Zahlbr. 1928
Genus: Candida Berkhout 1923(Yeasts) Candida albicans (C.P. Robin) Berkhout, (1923) recorded as Candida bethaliensis (Pijper) C.W. Dodge, 1935 and Candida triadis (Langeron & Talice) Langeron & Guerra 1938, Candida bethaliensis (Pijper) C.W. Dodge 1935 accepted as Candida albicans (C.P. Robin) Berkhout, (1923) Candida krusei Basgal. possibly (Castell.) Berkhout 1923, accepted as Issatchenkia orientalis Kudryavtsev, (1960) Candida triadis (Langeron & Talice) Langeron & Guerra 1938, accepted as Candida albicans (C.P. Robin) Berkhout, (1923)
Genus: Cantharellus Adans. ex Fr. 1821 Cantharellus capensis Berk. 1844, accepted as Campanella capensis (Berk.) D.A. Reid, (1975) Cantharellus cinnabarinus (Schwein.) Schwein. 1832 Cantharellus foliolum Kalchbr. 1881 Cantharellus leucophaeus (Pers.) Nouel 1831, accepted as Faerberia carbonaria (Alb. & Schwein.) Pouzar, (1981)
Family: Capnodiaceae Höhn. ex Theiss. 1916
Genus: Capnodium Mont. 1849, Capnodium australe Mont. 1849 Capnodium citricola McAlpine [as citricolum], (1896) Capnodium citri Berk. & Desm., in Berkeley, (1849) Capnodium fuligo Berk. & Desm. 1849, accepted as Microxyphiella fuligo (Berk. & Desm.) Speg., (1918) Capnodium salicinum Mont. 1849, accepted as Capnodium citri Berk. & Desm., (1849)
Genus: Castellania C.W. Dodge 1935, accepted as Candida Berkhout, (1923) Castellania balcanica (Castell. & Chalm.) C.W. Dodge 1935, accepted as Issatchenkia orientalis Kudryavtsev, (1960) Castellania linguae-pilosae (Lucet) C.W. Dodge 1935, accepted as Candida tropicalis (Castell.) Berkhout, (1923) Castellania pseudolondinensis (Castell. & Chalm.) C.W. Dodge 1935, accepted as Candida albicans (C.P. Robin) Berkhout, (1923) Castellania pseudotropicalis (Castell.) C.W. Dodge 1935, accepted as Kluyveromyces marxianus (E.C. Hansen) Van der Walt, (1971) Castellania sp.
Genus: Catacauma Theiss. & Syd. 1914, accepted as Phyllachora Nitschke ex Fuckel, (1870) Catacauma goyazense (Henn.) Theiss. & Syd. 1915, accepted as Phyllachora goyazensis Henn., (1895) Catacauma grammicum (Henn.) Theiss. & Syd. 1915, accepted as Phyllachora grammica Henn., (1907) Catacauma peglerae Doidge 1921, accepted as Phyllachora peglerae (Doidge) Doidge, (1942) Catacauma pterocarpi (Syd. & P. Syd.) Syd. 1915, accepted as Phyllachora pterocarpi Syd. & P. Syd., (1912) Catacauma punctum (Cooke) Theiss. & Syd. 1917 [as puncta] accepted as Phyllachora puncta (Cooke) Cooke, (1885) Catacauma schotiae Doidge 1922, [as schotii], accepted as Phyllachora schotiae (Doidge) Doidge, (1942)
Genus: Catalechia * Catalechia africana Müll.Arg.*
Genus: Catastoma Morgan 1892, accepted as Disciseda Czern. (1845)