List of fungi of South Africa – D

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

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Genus: Dacryomitra
 * Dacryomitra dubia Llovd.

Genus: Dacryomyces
 * Dacryomyces australis Lloyd.
 * Dacryomyces deliquescens Duby.
 * Dacryomyces digressus Lloyd.
 * Dacryomyces tortus Fr.

Genus: Dactylina (Lichens)
 * Dactylina mollusca Tuck.

Genus: Daedalea
 * Daedalea biennis Fr.
 * Daedalea dregeana Mont.
 * Daedalea eatoni Berk.
 * Daedalea fuscospora Lloyd.
 * Daedalea hobbsii v.d.Byl.
 * Daedalea ligneotexta v.d.Byl.
 * Daedalea macowani Kalchbr. ex Thuem.
 * Daedalea ochracea Kalchbr. ex Thuem.
 * Daedalea quercina Fr.
 * Daedalea rhodesica v.d. Byl.
 * Daedalea stereoides Fr.
 * Daedalea unicolor Fr.

Genus: Daldinia
 * Daldinia bakeri Lloyd.
 * Daldinia concentrica Ces. & De Not.
 * Daldinia concentrica var. eschscholzii Ehrenb. ex Fr.
 * Daldinia eschscholzii Rehm.

Genus: Darluca
 * Darluca filum Cast.
 * Darluca vagans Cast.

Genus: Dasyscypha
 * Dasyscypha calyculaeformis Rehm.
 * Dasyscypha lachnoderma Rehm.

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Genus: Deconica
 * Deconica atro-rufa Sacc.

Genus: Delitschia
 * Delitschia bisporula Hans.
 * Delitschia sp.

Family: Dematiaceae

Genus: Dendroecia
 * Dendroecia evansii Syd.

Genus: Dendrogaster
 * Dendrogaster radiatus Zeller & Dodge

Genus: Dendryphium
 * Dendryphium macowanianum Thuem.

Genus: Depazea
 * Depazea briddleyae Thuem.
 * Depazea nesodes Thuem.

Genus: Dermatea
 * Dermatea pelidna Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Dermatea rufa Cooke

Family: Dermateaceae

Genus: Dermatina
 * Dermatina pyrenocarpa Zahlbr.

Genus: Dermatiscum (Lichens)
 * Dermatiscum thunbergii Nyl
 * Dermatiscum viride Zahlbr.

Family: Dermatocarpaceae

Genus: Dermatocarpon (Lichens)
 * Dermatocarpon deserti Zahlbr.
 * Dermatocarpon finckei Zahlbr.
 * Dermatocarpon hepaticum Th.Fr.
 * Dermatocarpon peltatum Zahlbr.

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Genus: Diacham
 * Diacham elegans Fr.

Genus: Diachaea
 * Diachaea leucopoda Rost.

Genus: Diachora
 * Diachora lessertiae Petrak.

Genus: Diathrypton
 * Diathrypton radians Syd.

Genus: Diaporthe
 * Diaporthe citri Wolf.
 * Diaporthe pemiciosa E.Marchal.

Family: Diaportheae

Genus: Diatrype
 * Diatrype auristroma Doidge
 * Diatrype bona-spei Berl.
 * Diatrype caminata Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Diatrype capensis Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Diatrype caulina Syd.
 * Diatrype conferta Doidge
 * Diatrype congesta Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Diatrype dovyalidis Doidge
 * Diatrype durieui Mont.
 * Diatrype leonotidis Doidge
 * Diatrype macowaniana Thuem.
 * Diatrype xumenensis Doidge

Genus: Diatrypella
 * Diatrypella agaves Syd.
 * Diatrypella morganae Doidge
 * Diatrypella natalensis Doidge
 * Diatrypella oligostroma Syd.
 * Diatrypella pretoriensis Doidge

Genus: Dicaeoma
 * Dicaeoma arundinellae Syd.
 * Dicaeoma rottboelliae Syd.

Genus: Dichlamys
 * Dichlamys trollipi Syd.

Genus: Dichodium
 * Dichodium byrsinum Nyl.
 * Dichodium subluridum Nyl.

Genus: Dictothrix
 * Dictothrix erysiphina Theiss.

Genus: Dictyocephalos
 * Dictyocephalos attenuatus Long & Plunkett.

Genus: Dictyochorella
 * Dictyochorella andropogonis Doidge

Genus: Dictyophora
 * Dictyophora indusiata Desv.
 * Dictyophora phalloidea Desv.

Genus: Diderma (Slime moulds)
 * Diderma effusum Morg.
 * Diderma hemisphericum Homem.
 * Diderma subdictyospermum Lister.

Genus: Didymella
 * Didymella intercepta Sacc.
 * Didymella lycopersici Kleb.
 * Didymella maculiformis Wint.
 * Didymella zuluensis Doidge.

Genus: Didvmellina
 * Didvmellina dianthi Burt.

Genus: Didymosphaeria
 * Didymosphaeria clavata du Pless.
 * Didymosphaeria opulenta Sacc.
 * Didymosphaeria populina Vuill.
 * Didymosphaeria rafniae Verw. & du Pless.
 * Didymosphaeria spatharum Wint.

Genus: Didymosporina
 * Didymosporina africana Syd.

Genus: Didymosporium
 * Didymosporium congestum Syd.
 * Didymosporium latum Syd.

Genus: Dimeriella
 * Dimeriella annulata Syd.
 * Dimeriella claviseta Doidge
 * Dimeriella grewiae Theiss.
 * Dimeriella woodii Hansf.

Genus: Dimerina
 * Dimerina osyridis Theiss.
 * Dimerina parasitica Hansf.
 * Dimerina verrucicola Theiss.

Genus: Dimerium
 * Dimerium africanum Hansf.
 * Dimerium baccharidicolum Sacc.
 * Dimerium englerianum Sacc. & D.Sacc.
 * Dimerium erysiphinum Sacc.
 * Dimerium gymnosporiae Syd.
 * Dimerium intermedium Syd.
 * Dimerium langloisii Theiss.
 * Dimerium leonense Hansf.
 * Dimerium lepidogathis Sacc.
 * Dimerium leptosporum Speg.
 * Dimerium macowanianum Doidge
 * Dimerium minutum Sacc.
 * Dimerium myriadeum Theiss.
 * Dimerium piceum Theiss.
 * Dimerium psilostomatis Sacc.
 * Dimerium pulveraceum Theiss.
 * Dimerium radio-fissilis Sacc.
 * Dimerium subferrugineum Syd.

Genus: Dimerosporiopsis
 * Dimerosporiopsis engleriana P.Henn.

Genus: Dimerosporium
 * Dimerosporium acocantherae P.Henn.
 * Dimerosporium englerianum P.Henn.
 * Dimerosporium erysiphinum P.Henn.
 * Dimerosporium gymnosporiae P.Henn.
 * Dimerosporium lepidagathis P.Henn.
 * Dimerosporium macowanianum Sacc.
 * Dimerosporium osyridis Wint.
 * Dimerosporium psilostomatis Sacc.
 * Dimerosporium verrucicolum Wint.
 * Dimerosporium sp.

Genus: Diorchidium
 * Diorchidium tricholaenae Syd.
 * Diorchidium woodii Kalchbr. & Cooke

Genus: Diplocarpon
 * Diplocarpon earliana Wolf.
 * Diplocarpon rosae Wolf.

Genus: Diplochorella
 * Diplochorella amphimelaena Theiss. & Syd.
 * Diplochorella burchelliae Syd.

Genus: Diplocystis
 * Diplocystis junodii Pole Evans & Bottomley

Genus: Diplodia
 * Diplodia aurantii Catt.
 * Diplodia cassinopsidis Kalchbr. & Cooke.
 * Diplodia clematidea Sacc.
 * Diplodia clematidis Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Diplodia herbarum Lev.
 * Diplodia lichenopsis Cooke & Mass.
 * Diplodia maydis Sacc.
 * Diplodia monsterae Verw. & Dipp.
 * Diplodia natalensis Pole Evans
 * Diplodia palmicola Thuem.
 * Diplodia pinea Kickx.
 * Diplodia sarmentorum Fr.
 * Diplodia tubericola Taubenh.
 * Diplodia variispora Died.
 * Diplodia vignae Sacc.

Family: Diploschistaceae

Genus: Diploschistella
 * Diploschistella urceolata Vain.

Genus: Diploschistes (Lichens)
 * Diploschistes actinostomus Zahlbr.
 * Diploschistes actinostomus var. aeneus Steiner
 * Diploschistes actinostomus var. caesioplumbeus Steiner
 * Diploschistes anactinus Zahlbr.
 * Diploschistes bellus Zahlbr.
 * Diploschistes cinereocaesius Wain.
 * Diploschistes deuterius Zahlbr.
 * Diploschistes isabellinus Zahlbr.
 * Diploschistes ochroniger Zahlbr.
 * Diploschistes perispicillatus Zahlbr.
 * Diploschistes scruposus Norm.
 * Diploschistes scruposus f. iridatus Zahlbr.
 * Diploschistes scruposus var. arenarius Müll.Arg.
 * Diploschistes subcupreus Zahlbr.

Family: Dirinaceae

Genus: Dirina (Lichens)
 * Dirina capensis Fée.

Genus: Discina
 * Discina submembranaceae P. Henn.

Genus: Disciseda
 * Disciseda anomala G.H.Cunn.
 * Disciseda candida Lloyd.
 * Disciseda candida Bottomley.
 * Disciseda cervina Hollos.
 * Disciseda hypogaea Cunningham.
 * Disciseda juglandiformis Hollos.
 * Disciseda pedicellata Hollos.
 * Disciseda verrucosa G.H.Cunn.
 * Disciseda zeyheri Hollos.

Genus: Discomyces
 * Discomyces madurae Gedoelst
 * Discomyces pijperi Neveu-Lemaire.

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Genus: Dothidasteromella
 * Dothidasteromella contorta Doidge
 * Dothidasteromella orbiculata Syd.

Family: Dothideaceae

Genus: Dothidea
 * Dothidea aloicola P.Henn.
 * Dothidea amphimelaena Mont.
 * Dothidea arduina Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Dothidea circinata Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Dothidea crotonis Cooke
 * Dothidea kniphojiae Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Dothidea lucens Cooke
 * Dothidea melianthi Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Dothidea oleifolia Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Dothidea perisporioides Berk. & Curt.
 * Dothidea puncta Cooke
 * Dothidea repens Berk
 * Dothidea scabies Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Dothidea strelitziae Cooke
 * Dothidea viventis var. albizziae Cooke

Genus: Dothidella
 * Dothidella osyridis Berl. & Vogl.
 * Dothidella osyridis var. tassiana Sacc.
 * Dothidella welwitschii A.L.Sm.

Genus: Dothidina
 * Dothidina disciformis Theiss. & Syd.

Genus: Dothiopsis
 * Dothiopsis stangeriae Verw. & du Pless.

Genus: Dothiorella
 * Dothiorella congesta Sacc.
 * Dothiorella mali Ell. & Everh.
 * Dothiorella reniformis Vi. & Rav.
 * Dothiorella senecionis Petrak.

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Genus: Dufourea
 * Dufourea flammea Ach.
 * Dufourea mollusca Ach.
 * Dufourea physcioides Massal.
 * Dufourea plumbea Tayl.