List of fungi of South Africa – L

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

La
Order: Laboulbeniales

Family: Laboulbeniaceae

Genus: Laboulbenia
 * Laboulbenia anomala Thaxt.
 * Laboulbenia bilabiata Thaxt.
 * Laboulbenia dryptae Thaxt.

Genus: Laccaria
 * Laccaria laccata Berk. & Br.

Genus: Lacellina
 * Lacellina graminicola Petch.

Genus: Lachnea
 * Lachnea capensis v.d.Byl.
 * Lachnea capensis Lloyd
 * Lachnea hemispherica Gill.
 * Lachnea lusatiae Cooke

Genus: Lachnocladium
 * Lachnocladium cristatum Lloyd
 * Lachnocladium furcellatum Lev.
 * Lachnocladium semivestitum Berk. & Curt.
 * Lachnocladium zenkeri P.Henn.

Genus: Lactarium
 * Lactarium deliciosus S.F.Gray
 * Lactarium piperatus S.F.Gray
 * Lactarium scrobiculatus Fr.

Genus: Lagenula
 * Lagenula fructicola Amaud.

Genus: Lamprospora
 * Lamprospora leiocarpa Seaver.

Genus: Lanopila
 * Lanopila capensis Lloyd
 * Lanopila radloffiana Verw.
 * Lanopila wahlbergii Fr.

Genus: Laschia
 * Laschia auriscalpium Mont.
 * Laschia cucullata Bres.
 * Laschia duthiei Lloyd
 * Laschia friesiana P.Henn.
 * Laschia rubella Sacc.
 * Laschia tenerrima Kalchbr.
 * Laschia thwaitesii Berk. & Br.
 * Laschia sp.

Genus: Lasiobolus
 * Lasiobolus equinus Karst.

Genus: Lasiosphaeria
 * Lasiosphaeria capensis Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Lasiosphaeria hispida Fuck.

Genus: Lasmeniella
 * Lasmeniella globulifera Petrak & Syd.
 * Lasmeniella pterocarpi Petrak.

Genus: Laternea
 * Laternea angolensis Welw. & Curr.

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Family: Lecanactidaceae

Genus: Lecanactis (Lichens)
 * Lecanactis bullata Zahlbr.
 * Lecanactis develans Nyl.
 * Lecanactis diversa Nyl.
 * Lecanactis emersa Stizenb.
 * Lecanactis ulcerata Zahlbr.

Genus: Lecania (Lichens)
 * Lecania arenaria Flagey
 * Lecania cyrtella Th.Fr.
 * Lecania fructuosa Zahlbr.
 * Lecania punicea Müll.Arg.

Genus: Lecanora (Lichens)
 * Lecanora aequata Stizenb.
 * Lecanora albella Ach.
 * Lecanora albella f. angulosa Nyl.
 * Lecanora albospersa Stizenb.
 * Lecanora allophana Rohl.
 * Lecanora allophana var. glabrata Steiner.
 * Lecanora amphidoxa Stizenb.
 * Lecanora angulosa Ach.
 * Lecanora arenaria Nyl.
 * Lecanora armstrongiae Stizenb.
 * Lecanora asperella Nyl.
 * Lecanora aspersa Stizenb.
 * Lecanora atra Ach.
 * Lecanora atra var. americana Fee.
 * Lecanora atraeformis Vain.
 * Lecanora atrorimata Nyl.
 * Lecanora atrosulphurea Ach.
 * Lecanora atrosulphurea f. leptococca Stizenb.
 * Lecanora atrosulphurea f. livens Stizenb.
 * Lecanora aurantiaca Flotow.
 * Lecanora aurantiaca var. erythrella Nyl.
 * Lecanora aurantiaca var. fulva Nyl.
 * Lecanora aurantiaca var. placidium Stizenb.
 * Lecanora aureola Stirt.
 * Lecanora badia (Hoffm.) Ach. (1810) var. cinerascens Flot. (1849), accepted as Protoparmelia badia (Hoffm.) Hafellner (1984)
 * Lecanora benguellensis Nyl.
 * Lecanora bicincta Ram.
 * Lecanora blanda Nyl.
 * Lecanora bogotana Nyl.
 * Lecanora breuteliana Massal.
 * Lecanora bylii Vain.
 * Lecanora bylii Zahlbr.
 * Lecanora caesiopallens Vain.
 * Lecanora caesiorubella Ach.
 * Lecanora cancriformis Vain.
 * Lecanora candidata Stizenb.
 * Lecanora cameoflava Müll.Arg.
 * Lecanora carpinea Vain.
 * Lecanora cateileoides Vain.
 * Lecanora cervina Ach.
 * Lecanora chlarona Nyl.
 * Lecanora chlarona f. geographica Nyl.
 * Lecanora chlarona f. pinastri Cromb.
 * Lecanora chlarona var. bogotana Vain.
 * Lecanora chlarotera Nyl.
 * Lecanora chondroplaca Zahlbr.
 * Lecanora cinefacta Stizenb.
 * Lecanora cinerea Rohl.
 * Lecanora cinereocamea Stizenb.
 * Lecanora cinnabarina Ach.
 * Lecanora cinnabarina var. haematodes Stizenb.
 * Lecanora cinnabarina var. pallidior Stizenb.
 * Lecanora cinnabarina var. opaca Stizenb.
 * Lecanora cinnabarina var. perminiata Nyl.
 * Lecanora cinnabariza Nyl.
 * Lecanora clavulus Stizenb.
 * Lecanora coarctata Ach.
 * Lecanora coarctata f. cotaria Ach.
 * Lecanora coarctata f. fulgiana Zahlbr.
 * Lecanora coarctata var. argilliseda Duf.
 * Lecanora coarctata var. fossulans Stizenb.
 * Lecanora coccinella Stizenb.
 * Lecanora coilocarpa Nyl.
 * Lecanora confluens Stizenb.
 * Lecanora confragulosa Nyl.
 * Lecanora conspersa Stizenb.
 * Lecanora constans Nyl.
 * Lecanora crassildbra Müll.Arg.
 * Lecanora cruda Stizenb.
 * Lecanora deminuta Stizenb.
 * Lecanora deminutula Stizenb.
 * Lecanora detecta Stizenb.
 * Lecanora diffusilis Nyl.
 * Lecanora dispersa Rohl. f. nana Vain.
 * Lecanora dispersa f. testacea Vain.
 * Lecanora domingensis Ach.
 * Lecanora elaeophaea Nyl.
 * Lecanora elapheia Stizenb.
 * Lecanora elegantissima Nyl.
 * Lecanora epichlora Vain.
 * Lecanora erythrella Ach.
 * Lecanora erythroleuca var. subcerina Nyl.
 * Lecanora eudoxa Stizenb.
 * Lecanora euelpis Stizenb.
 * Lecanora exigua Rohl.
 * Lecanora expallens Ach.
 * Lecanora expallens var. lutescens Nyl.
 * Lecanora fenzliana Stizenb.
 * Lecanora ferruginea Link.
 * Lecanora ferruginea f. erysibe Stizenb.
 * Lecanora fibrosa Stizenb.
 * Lecanora ficta Stizenb.
 * Lecanora flava Stizenb.
 * Lecanora flavocrea Nyl.
 * Lecanora flavorubens Stizenb.
 * Lecanora flavovirens Fee.
 * Lecanora flexuosa Stizenb.
 * Lecanora fructuosa Stizenb.
 * Lecanora frustulosa Ach.
 * Lecanora galactiniza Nyl.
 * Lecanora gibbosa Nyl. var. subdepressa Nyl.
 * Lecanora glaucolivescens Nyl.
 * Lecanora glaucoma Ach.
 * Lecanora granulosa Wedd.
 * Lecanora helva Stizenb.
 * Lecanora homaloplaca Nyl.
 * Lecanora hufferiana Stizenb.
 * Lecanora hypocrocina Nyl.
 * Lecanora imponens Stizenb.
 * Lecanora impressa Zahlbr.
 * Lecanora labiosa Stizenb.
 * Lecanora laciniosa Nyl.
 * Lecanora lamprocheila Nyl.
 * Lecanora leprosa Fee.
 * Lecanora leptoplaca Zahlbr.
 * Lecanora leucoxantha Müll.Arg.
 * Lecanora leueoxantha Stizenb.
 * Lecanora leucoxanthalla Stizenb.
 * Lecanora lithagogo Nyl.
 * Lecanora lugens Stizenb.
 * Lecanora massula Stizenb.
 * Lecanora microlepida Stizenb.
 * Lecanora microps Stizenb.
 * Lecanora murorum Ach.
 * Lecanora murorum var. pusilla Wedd.
 * Lecanora nidulans Stizenb.
 * Lecanora nubila Stizenb.
 * Lecanora obvirescens Stizenb.
 * Lecanora ochracea Nyl. var. parvula Stizenb.
 * Lecanora odoardi Stizenb.
 * Lecanora oveina Ach.
 * Lecanora orichalcea Stizenb.
 * Lecanora ostracoderma Ach.
 * Lecanora pallescens Rohl.
 * Lecanora pallida Rabenh.
 * Lecanora parella Ach.
 * Lecanora perexigua Stiz.
 * Lecanora phlogina Nyl.
 * Lecanora placodina Zahlbr.
 * Lecanora poliotera Nyl.
 * Lecanora polytypa Vain.
 * Lecanora porinoides Stizenb.
 * Lecanora praemicans Nyl.
 * Lecanora prosecha Ach. var. homaloplaca Vain.
 * Lecanora psaromela Nyl.
 * Lecanora punicea Ach.
 * Lecanora punicea var. brevicula Stizenb.
 * Lecanora punicea var. collata Stirt.
 * Lecanora pyracea Nyl. f. picta Nyl.
 * Lecanora pyracea f. pyrithroma Nyl.
 * Lecanora pyracea var. picta Stizenb.
 * Lecanora pyropoecila Nyl.
 * Lecanora rehmannii Stizenb.
 * Lecanora robiginans Stizenb.
 * Lecanora roboris Nyl.
 * Lecanora rupicola Zahlbr.
 * Lecanora scorigena Nyl.
 * Lecanora scoriophila Stizenb.
 * Lecanora seductrir Stizenb.
 * Lecanora smaragdula Nyl.
 * Lecanora sophodes Nyl.
 * Lecanora sophodes var. atroalbida Nyl.
 * Lecanora sophodes var. roboris Duf.
 * Lecanora sphinctrina Nyl.
 * Lecanora subcarnea Ach.
 * Lecanora subcarnosa Ach.
 * Lecanora subdepressa Nyl.
 * Lecanora subfulgescens Nyl.
 * Lecanora subfusca Ach.
 * Lecanora subfusca var. allophana Ach.
 * Lecanora subfusca var. campestris Rabenh.
 * Lecanora subfusca var. cinereocarnea Müll.Arg.
 * Lecanora subfusca var. glabrata Sch.
 * Lecanora subfusca var. subcrenulata Nyl.
 * Lecanora subfusca var. subgranulata Nyl.
 * Lecanora subgranulata Nyl.
 * Lecanora subpunicea Stizenb.
 * Lecanora subsoluta Nyl.
 * Lecanora subunicolor Nyl.
 * Lecanora sylvestris Stizenb.
 * Lecanora teichophiloides Stizenb.
 * Lecanora tersa Nyl.
 * Lecanora thaeodes Stizenb.
 * Lecanora thiocheila Stizenb.
 * Lecanora varia Ach.
 * Lecanora vascesia Stizenb.
 * Lecanora vincentina Nyl.
 * Lecanora vitellina Ach.
 * Lecanora vulpina Nyl.
 * Lecanora xanthophana Nyl.
 * Lecanora zambesica Stizenb.

Family: Lecanoraceae (Lichens)

Genus: Lecidea (Lichens)
 * Lecidea acervata Stizenb.
 * Lecidea achristella Vain.
 * Lecidea aemula Stizenb.
 * Lecidea aeneola Vain. var. fuscoatrata Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea aethalea Nyl.
 * Lecidea aethaloessa Stizenb.
 * Lecidea affine Merrill.
 * Lecidea afra Stizenb.
 * Lecidea africana Tuck.
 * Lecidea albinea Stizenb.
 * Lecidea albocoerulescens Arn.
 * Lecidea albocoerulescens var. flavocoerulescens Schaer.
 * Lecidea albula Nyl.
 * Lecidea ambusta Stizenb.
 * Lecidea anatalodia Krempelb.
 * Lecidea angolensis Müll.Arg.
 * Lecidea anomala Ach.
 * Lecidea anteposita Nyl.
 * Lecidea aporetica Stizenb.
 * Lecidea armstrongiae Jones.
 * Lecidea atroalha Ach.
 * Lecidea atroalbella Nyl.
 * Lecidea alrovirens Ach.
 * Lecidea aurantiaca Ach.
 * Lecidea aureola Tuck.
 * Lecidea aurigera Fee.
 * Lecidea breviuscula Nyl.
 * Lecidea brugierae Vain.
 * Lecidea bumamma Nyl.
 * Lecidea buxea Stiz.
 * Lecidea caesiopallida Nyl.
 * Lecidea caledonica Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea callaina Stizenb.
 * Lecidea capensis Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea capreolina Stizenb.
 * Lecidea carneola Ach.
 * Lecidea caruncula Stizenb.
 * Lecidea caudata Nyl.
 * Lecidea chalybeia Borr.
 * Lecidea chlorophaeata Nyl.
 * Lecidea ckloropoliza Nyl.
 * Lecidea chlorotica Nyl.
 * Lecidea cinnamomea Stizenb.
 * Lecidea coccinella Hue.
 * Lecidea coeruleata Stizenb.
 * Lecidea confluens Hue.
 * Lecidea contingens Nyl.
 * Lecidea coroniformis Krempelh.
 * Lecidea crassa Stizenb.
 * Lecidea crenata Stizenb.
 * Lecidea crenata var. coroniformis Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea crenata var. speirea Stizenb.
 * Lecidea crustulata Sprengl.
 * Lecidea cyanocentra Nyl.
 * Lecidea cyrtocheila Stizenb.
 * Lecidea deceptoria Nyl.
 * Lecidea decipiens Ach.
 * Lecidea decrustulosa Vain.
 * Lecidea disciformis Nyl.
 * Lecidea disciformis var. sanguinea Stizenb.
 * Lecidea discolor Stizenb.
 * Lecidea dispersula Stizenb.
 * Lecidea distrata Nyl.
 * Lecidea domingensis Nyl.
 * Lecidea domingensis var.inexplicata Nyl.
 * Lecidea elaeochroma Ach.
 * Lecidea elaeochroma f. flavicans Th.Fr.
 * Lecidea elaeochroma f. geographica Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea elaeochroma var. hyalina Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea endoleuca Nyl.
 * Lecidea endoleucella Stizenb.
 * Lecidea enteroleuca Ach.
 * Lecidea enteroleuca var. geographica Bagl.
 * Lecidea elginensis Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea epichromatica Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea esuriens Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea euelpis Hue.
 * Lecidea exigua Chaub.
 * Lecidea exiguella Vain.
 * Lecidea finckei Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea flavocrocea Nyl.
 * Lecidea fucina Stizenb.
 * Lecidea fumosa Ach.
 * Lecidea fumosa var. mosigii Ach.
 * Lecidea fuscoatra Ach.
 * Lecidea fuscoatrata Nyl.
 * Lecidea fuscorubella Rohl.
 * Lecidea fuscorubescens Nyl.
 * Lecidea fuscolutea Ach.
 * Lecidea fuscotabulata Stizenb.
 * Lecidea geina Stizenb.
 * Lecidea geographica Rebent.
 * Lecidea geographica f. intermedia Stizenb.
 * Lecidea glebaria Stizenb.
 * Lecidea glencairnensis Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea glomerulosa Steud.
 * Lecidea goniophila Floerke.
 * Lecidea gouritzensis Vain.
 * Lecidea graniferna Wain.
 * Lecidea granulosula Nyl.
 * Lecidea grisella Floerke f. mosigii Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea griseofusciuscula Vain.
 * Lecidea guamensis Vain.
 * Lecidea halonia Ach.
 * Lecidea hereroensis Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea hereroensis f. genuina Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea hereroensis f. depauperata Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea howickensis Vain.
 * Lecidea hysbergensis Vain.
 * Lecidea icmadophila Ach.
 * Lecidea imponens Hue.
 * Lecidea impressa Krempelh.
 * Lecidea inconsequens Nyl.
 * Lecidea inconveniens Nyl.
 * Lecidea incretata Stizenb.
 * Lecidea incuriosa Nyl.
 * Lecidea inquilina Stizenb.
 * Lecidea inscripta Stizenb.
 * Lecidea insculpta Flotow.
 * Lecidea insculpta f. oxydata Flotow.
 * Lecidea intermedia Nyl.
 * Lecidea intermixta f. cyanocentra Nyl.
 * Lecidea italica Wedd.
 * Lecidea italica var. debanensis Stizenb.
 * Lecidea italica var. recobarina Stizenb.
 * Lecidea lactaria Stizenb.
 * Lecidea lactea Floerke.
 * Lecidea lactens Stizenb.
 * Lecidea langbaanensis Vain.
 * Lecidea laurocerasi Nyl. var. amylothelia Wain
 * Lecidea lenticularis var. nigroclavata Stizenb.
 * Lecidea leptobola Nyl.
 * Lecidea leucina Stizenb.
 * Lecidea leucostephana Stizenb.
 * Lecidea leucoxantha Spreng.
 * Lecidea lithagogo Wain.
 * Lecidea lutata Stizenb.
 * Lecidea lutea Tayl.
 * Lecidea luteola Ach.
 * Lecidea luteola var. chlorotica Ach.
 * Lecidea luteola f. conspondens Nyl.
 * Lecidea massula Hue.
 * Lecidea medialis Tuck.
 * Lecidea meiospora Nyl.
 * Lecidea melampepla Tuck.
 * Lecidea melanthina Stizenb.
 * Lecidea millegrana Nyl.
 * Lecidea minutula Nyl.
 * Lecidea montaqnei Flotow.
 * Lecidea mortualis Stizenb.
 * Lecidea mossamedana Wain.
 * Lecidea mutabilis Fee.
 * Lecidea myriocarpa Rohl.
 * Lecidea myriocarpa f. marcidula Nyl.
 * Lecidea nanosperma Stizenb.
 * Lecidea natalensis Nyl.
 * Lecidea nesiotis Stizenb.
 * Lecidea nigrella Stizenb.
 * Lecidea nigropallida Nyl.
 * Lecidea nitidula Fr.
 * Lecidea norrlinii Lamy.
 * Lecidea obumbrata Nvl.
 * Lecidea ocellata Floerke.
 * Lecidea ochriodea Stizenb.
 * Lecidea ochroplaca Zahlbr. var. intermedia Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea ochroplaca var. leprosa Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea ochroplaca var. polita Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea ochroxantha Nyl. f. aethiopica Stizenb.
 * Lecidea oligocheila Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea olivacea Massal.
 * Lecidea olivacea var. ambigua Lettau.
 * Lecidea olivacea Stizenb.
 * Lecidea opacata Stizenb.
 * Lecidea opalina Stizenb.
 * Lecidea orbiculata Stizenb.
 * Lecidea orichalcea Hue.
 * Lecidea owaniana Müll.Arg.
 * Lecidea pachnodes Stizenb.
 * Lecidea pachycarpa Fr.
 * Lecidea pallidonigra Ach.
 * Lecidea palmeti Stizenb.
 * Lecidea pantherina Ach.
 * Lecidea parasema Ach.
 * Lecidea parasema var. areolata Duf.
 * Lecidea parasema var. areolata Merrill.
 * Lecidea parasema var. atropurpurea Flotow.
 * Lecidea parasema var. elaeochroma Ach.
 * Lecidea parasema var. exigua Nyl.
 * Lecidea paraspeirea Stizenb.
 * Lecidea parmeliarum Sommerf.
 * Lecidea parvifolia Pers.
 * Lecidea parvifolia var. fibrillifera Nyl.
 * Lecidea parvifoliella Nyl.
 * Lecidea patellaria Stizenb.
 * Lecidea peltasta Stirt.
 * Lecidea peltoloma Müll.Arg.
 * Lecidea peltulidea Stirt.
 * Lecidea perforans Stizenb.
 * Lecidea perigrapta Stizenb.
 * Lecidea permodica Stizenb.
 * Lecidea phalerata Stizenb.
 * Lecidea placodina Nyl.
 * Lecidea porphyrea Mey.
 * Lecidea praelata Stizenb.
 * Lecidea praemicans Hue.
 * Lecidea procellarum Stizenb.
 * Lecidea promontorii Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea proposita Nyl.
 * Lecidea punieea Hue.
 * Lecidea quartzina Stizenb.
 * Lecidea remota Vain.
 * Lecidea rhynsdorpensis Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea rhyparoleuca Stizenb.
 * Lecidea rivulosa Ach.
 * Lecidea rudis Stizenb.
 * Lecidea rufata Stizenb.
 * Lecidea russula Ach.
 * Lecidea rusticorum Stizenb.
 * Lecidea sabuletorum Ach.
 * Lecidea santensis Tuck.
 * Lecidea schinziana Stizenb.
 * Lecidea speirea Ach.
 * Lecidea spuria Schaer.
 * Lecidea spuria var. insulans Stizenb.
 * Lecidea squamifera Stizenb.
 * Lecidea squamifera var. Bylii Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea stellans Stizenb.
 * Lecidea stellenboschiana Vain.
 * Lecidea stellulata Tayl.
 * Lecidea stellulata f. albosparsa Stizenb.
 * Lecidea stellulata f. hybrida Stizenb.
 * Lecidea stellulata f. murina Stizenb.
 * Lecidea stenospora Nyl. var. acutata Stizenb.
 * Lecidea stictella Stirt.
 * Lecidea stupparia Stizenb.
 * Lecidea styloumena Stirt.
 * Lecidea subalbicans Nyl.
 * Lecidea subalbula Nyl.
 * Lecidea subattingens Merrill.
 * Lecidea subceresina Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea subdisciformis Leight.
 * Lecidea subexigua Vain.
 * Lecidea subexiguella Vain.
 * Lecidea subfuscata Nyl.
 * Lecidea subinquinans Nyl.
 * Lecidea sublucida Stizenb.
 * Lecidea subluteola Nyl.
 * Lecidea subspadicea Stizenb.
 * Lecidea subsquamifera Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea subrussula Steiner.
 * Lecidea substylosa Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea subtristis Nyl.
 * Lecidea sulfurosula Stizenb.
 * Lecidea tenebrieosa Nyl.
 * Lecidea terrena Nyl.
 * Lecidea thaleriza Stirt.
 * Lecidea theichroa Vain.
 * Lecidea theiphoriodes Vain.
 * Lecidea tragorum Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea transvaalica Stizenb.
 * Lecidea trichiliae Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea trifaria Stizenb.
 * Lecidea triphragmia Nyl.
 * Lecidea tuberculosa Fee.
 * Lecidea tuberculosa f. geotropa Stizenb.
 * Lecidea valida Stizenb.
 * Lecidea vasquesia Hue.
 * Lecidea vemalis Ach.
 * Lecidea vernalis S.F.Gray.
 * Lecidea versicolor Nyl.
 * Lecidea vesicularis Ach.
 * Lecidea vestita Nyl.
 * Lecidea viridans Lamy var. nigrella Steiner.
 * Lecidea viridiatra Stizenb.
 * Lecidea volvarioides Stizenb.
 * Lecidea vorticosa Korb.
 * Lecidea vulgata Zahlbr.
 * Lecidea vulpina Tuck.
 * Lecidea woodii Stizenb.
 * Lecidea zeyheri Zahlbr.

Family: Lecideaceae(lichens)

Genus: Lecidella(lichens)
 * Lecidella nigrella Massal.

Genus: Lecideola
 * Lecideola flavescens Massal.

Genus: Lembosia
 * Lembosia congesta Wint.
 * Lembosia durbana v.d.Byl.
 * Lembosia natalensis Doidge
 * Lembosia phillipsii Doidge
 * Lembosia piriensis Doidge
 * Lembosia radiata Doidge
 * Lembosia wageri Doidge

Genus: Lembosina
 * Lembosina Rawsoniae Doidge

Genus: Lembosiopsis
 * Lembosiopsis eucalyptina Petrak & Syd.

Genus: Lentinus
 * Lentinus albidus Berk.
 * Lentinus capronatus Berk.
 * Lentinus cirrosus Fr.
 * Lentinus dactyliophorus Lev.
 * Lentinus fastuosus Kalchbr. & MacOwan
 * Lentinus flabelliformis Fr.
 * Lentinus hyracinus Kalchbr.
 * Lentinus lecomtei Fr.
 * Lentinus lepideus Fr.
 * Lentinus miserculus Kalchbr.
 * Lentinus murrayi Kalchbr. & MacOwan.
 * Lentinus natalensis v.d.Byl.
 * Lentinus nigripes Fr.
 * Lentinus phillipsii v.d.Byl.
 * Lentinus sajor-caju Fr.
 * Lentinus sajor-caju var. sparsifolius Pilat.
 * Lentinus sajor-caju var. typicus Pilat.
 * Lentinus strigosus Fr.
 * Lentinus stupeus Klotzsch.
 * Lentinus tigrinus Fr.
 * Lentinus tuber-regium Fr.
 * Lentinus ursinus Fr.
 * Lentinus velutinus Fr.
 * Lentinus villosus Klotzsch.
 * Lentinus villosus var. zeyheri Pilat.
 * Lentinus woodii Kalchbr.
 * Lentinus zeyheri Berk.

Genus: Lenzites
 * Lenzites abietina Fr.
 * Lenzites alborepanda Lloyd.
 * Lenzites applanata Fr.
 * Lenzites aspera Klotszch.
 * Lenzites betulina (L.) Fr., (1838), accepted as Trametes betulina (L.) Pilát (1939)
 * Lenzites deplanata Fr.
 * Lenzites guineensis Fr.
 * Lenzites junghuhnii Lev.
 * Lenzites ochracea Lloyd
 * Lenzites palisoti Fr.
 * Lenzites repanda Fr.
 * Lenzites trabea (Pers.) Fr. (1838), accepted as Gloeophyllum trabeum (Pers.) Murrill (1908)
 * Lenzites tricolor Fr.

Genus: Leotia
 * Leotia elegantula Kalchbr.

Genus: Lepiota Genus: Lepra Genus: Lepraria (Lichens) Genus: Leproloma Genus: Leptogiopsis Genus: Leptogium (Lichens)
 * Lepiota acutesquamosa Gill.
 * Lepiota africana Kalchbr.
 * Lepiota atricapilla Sacc.
 * Lepiota cinereo-bubella Kalchbr. & MacOwan
 * Lepiota cristata Quél.
 * Lepiota cuculliformis Sacc.
 * Lepiota excoriata Quél.
 * Lepiota flava Beeli.
 * Lepiota goossensiae Beeli.
 * Lepiota gracilenta Quél.
 * Lepiota hispida Gill.
 * Lepiota ianthina Mass.
 * Lepiota kunzei Sacc.
 * Lepiota lutea (Bolton) Godfrin, (1897), accepted as Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (Corda) Singer, (1962)
 * Lepiota magnannulata Sacc.
 * Lepiota montagnei Sacc.
 * Lepiota morgani Peck.
 * Lepiota naucina Quél. (sic) could be Lepiota naucina var. cinerascens (Quél.) Konrad & Maubl. (194) accepted as Leucoagaricus cinerascens (Quél.) Bon & Boiffard, in Gams 1978, or Lepiota naucina (Fr.) P. Kumm. (1871), accepted as Leucoagaricus leucothites (Vittad.) Wasser (1977)
 * Lepiota nympharum Kalchbr.
 * Lepiota polysarca Sacc.
 * Lepiota procera S.F.Grey. (sic) could be Lepiota procera (Scop.) Gray (1821) accepted as Macrolepiota procera (Scop.) Singer (1948)
 * Lepiota pteropa Sacc.
 * Lepiota purpurata Kalchbr.
 * Lepiota sulfurella Sacc.
 * Lepiota varians Sacc.
 * Lepiota zeyheri Sacc.
 * Lepiota zeyheri var. elegantula Sacc.
 * Lepiota Lepiota zeyheri var. telosa Sacc.
 * Lepiota zeyheri var. verrucellosa Sacc.
 * Lepiota sp.
 * Lepra citrina Schaer.
 * Lepra lactea DC.
 * Lepra sulphurea Ehrht.
 * Lepraria alba Ach.
 * Lepraria candelaris Fr.
 * Lepraria citrina Schaer.
 * Lepraria crassa Nees.
 * Lepraria flava Ach.
 * Lepraria glaucella Ach.
 * Lepraria xanthina Vain.
 * Leproloma lanuqinosum Nyl.
 * Leptogiopsis brebissonii Müll.Arg.
 * Leptogiopsis chloromeloides Müll.Arg.
 * Leptogium adpressum Nyl.
 * Leptogium africanum Zahlbr.
 * Leptogium azureum Mont.
 * Leptogium brebissonii Mont.
 * Leptogium bullatum Mont.
 * Leptogium bullatum var. dactylinoideum Nyl.
 * Leptogium burgesii Mont.
 * Leptogium chloromeloides Nyl.
 * Leptogium chloromelum Nyl.
 * Leptogium chloromelum var. caespitosum Zahlbr.
 * Leptogium chloromelum var. crassius Nyl.
 * Leptogium daedaleum Nyl.
 * Leptogium hildenbrandii Nyl.
 * Leptogium kraussii Zahlbr.
 * Leptogium marginellum S.F.Gray.
 * Leptogium menziesii Mont.
 * Leptogium menziesii f. fuliginosum Müll.Arg.
 * Leptogium moluccanum Wain.
 * Leptogium moluccanum var. simplicata Vain.
 * Leptogium phyllocarpum Mont.
 * Leptogium phyllocarpum var. coralloideum Hue.
 * Leptogium phyllocarpum var. daedaleum Nyl.
 * Leptogium phyllocarpum var. isidiosum Nyl.
 * Leptogium phyllocarpum var. macrocarpum Nyl.
 * Leptogium saturninum Nyl.
 * Leptogium tremelloides S.F.Gray.
 * Leptogium tremelloides var. azureum Nyl.

Genus: Leptosphaerella
 * Leptosphaerella helichrysi Cooke.

Genus: Leptosphaeria
 * Leptosphaeria anceps Sacc.
 * Leptosphaeria caffra Thuem.
 * Leptosphaeria cervispora Sacc.
 * Leptosphaeria cinnamomi Shir. & Hara.
 * Leptosphaeria coniothyrium Sacc.
 * Leptosphaeria helichrysi Sacc.
 * Leptosphaeria owaniae Sacc.
 * Leptosphaeria protearum Syd.
 * Leptosphaeria pterocelastri Doidge
 * Leptosphaeria sacchari van Breda.
 * Leptosphaeria salvinii Catt., (1879), accepted as Magnaporthe salvinii (Catt.) R.A. Krause & R.K. Webster, (1972)
 * Leptosphaeria verwoerdiana du Pless.

Family: Leptostromataceae

Genus: Leptostromella
 * Leptostromella acaciae Syd.

Genus: Leptothyrium
 * Leptothyrium evansii Syd.
 * Leptothyrium pomi (Mont. & Fr.) Sacc. (1880),accepted as Schizothyrium pomi (Mont. & Fr.) Arx, (1959)

Genus: Leptotrema (Lichens) Genus: Leveillina Genus: Leveillula
 * Leptotrema endoxanthellum Zahlbr.
 * Leptotrema microglaenoides Zahlbr.
 * Leveillina arduinae Theiss. & Syd.
 * Leveillula taurica Am.

Genus: Levieuxia
 * Levieuxia natalensis Fr.

Li
Genus: Libertella
 * Libertella rhois Kalchbr.

Genus: Lichen
 * Lichen albus Roth.
 * Lichen atrovirens Linn.
 * Lichen barbatus Linn.
 * Lichen capensis Linn.f.
 * Lichen ceranoides Lam.
 * Lichen crispus Linn.
 * Lichen crocatus Linn.
 * Lichen divaricatus Thunb.
 * Lichen excavatus Thunb.
 * Lichen fastigiatus Pers.
 * Lichen fimbriatus Linn.
 * Lichen flammeus Linn.f.
 * Lichen flavicans Sw.
 * Lichen fragilis Wither.
 * Lichen fraxineus Linn.
 * Lichen gilvus Ach.
 * Lichen helopherus Ach.
 * Lichen hepaticus (= Endocarpon thunbergii Lam.)
 * Lichen hotentottus Ach.
 * Lichen incarnatus Thunb.
 * Lichen monocarpus Thunb.
 * Lichen opegraphus Lam.
 * Lichen pallidoniger Ach.
 * Lichen peltatus Lam.
 * Lichen peltatus (= Lecanora ostracoderma Lam.)
 * Lichen perforatus Wulf.
 * Lichen pertusus Thunb.
 * Lichen physodes Linn.
 * Lichen pulmonarius Linn.
 * Lichen pyxidatus Linn.
 * Lichen rangiferinus Linn.
 * Lichen roccella Linn.
 * Lichen rubiginosus Thunb.
 * Lichen scriptus Linn.
 * Lichen squarrosus Lam.
 * Lichen tabularis Thunb.
 * Lichen thunbergii Ach.
 * Lichen tomentosus Sw.
 * Lichen torulosus Thunb.
 * Lichen usnea Linn.
 * Lichen verruciger Gmel.
 * Lichen verrucosus Linn.f.
 * Lichen viridis Linn.f.

Lichenes Imperfectae

Genus: Limacinia
 * Limacinia nuxiae Doidge
 * Limacinia transvaalensis Doidge

Genus: Linderiella
 * Linderiella columnata G.H.Cunn.

Genus: Linochora
 * Linochora doidgei Syd.

Genus: Linochorella
 * Linochorella striiformis Syd.

Genus: Lithographa (Lichens)
 * Lithographa cerealis Stizenb.
 * Lithographa fumida Nyl.

Ll
Genus: Lloydella
 * Lloydella retiruga Bres.

Lo
Genus: Lobaria (Lichens)
 * Lobaria interversans Wain.
 * Lobaria isidiosa Wain.
 * Lobaria meridionalis Wain.
 * Lobaria patinifera Hue.
 * Lobaria pulnumacea Shirley.
 * Lobaria pulmonacea var. hypomela Stizenb.
 * Lobaria prdmonacea var. pleurocarpa Ach.
 * Lobaria pulmonaria Hoffm.
 * Lobaria pulmonaria f. hypomela Cromb.
 * Lobaria pulmonaria f. papillaris Hue.
 * Lobaria pulmonaria f. pleurocarpa Cromb.
 * Lobaria quercizans Michx.
 * Lobaria retigera  Trevis.
 * Lobaria verrucosa Holfm.

Genus: Lobarina
 * Lobarina retigera Nyl.
 * Lobarina retigera f. isidiosa Stizenb.
 * Lobarina scrobiculata Nyl.

Genus: Longia
 * Longia natalensis Syd.

Genus: Lopadium Genus: Lopharia Family: Lophiostomataceae Genus: Lophodermium
 * Lopadium fuscoluteum Mudd.
 * Lopadium leucoxanthum Zahlbr.
 * Lopadium mariae Zahlbr.
 * Lopadium vulpinum Zahlbr.
 * Lopadium woodii Zahlbr.
 * Lopharia javanica P. Henn. & E.Nym.
 * Lopharia lirellosa Kalchbr. & MacOwan.
 * Lopharia mirabilis Pat.
 * Lophodermium pinastri Chev.

Ly
Genus: Lycogala (amoebozoa)
 * Lycogala epidendrum Fr.
 * Lycogala flavo-fuscum Rost.
 * Lycogala rufo-cinnamomeum Mass.

Family: Lycogalaceae

Family: Lycoperdaceae Order: Lycoperdales

Family: Lycoperdeae

Genus: Lycoperdon
 * Lycoperdon asperrimum Welw. & Curr.
 * Lycoperdon asperum de Toni.
 * Lycoperdon atroviolaceum Kalchbr.
 * Lycoperdon bicolor Welw. & Curr.
 * Lycoperdon bovista Linn.
 * Lycoperdon caespitosum Welw. & Curr.
 * Lycoperdon caffrorum Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Lycoperdon capense Cooke & Mass.
 * Lycoperdon capense Fr.
 * Lycoperdon carcinomale Linn.f.
 * Lycoperdon cepaeforme Mass.
 * Lycoperdon curreyi Mass.
 * Lycoperdon curtisii Berk.
 * Lycoperdon cyatihiforme Bose.
 * Lycoperdon djurense P.Henn.
 * Lycoperdon duthiei Bottomley.
 * Lycoperdon endotephrum Pat.
 * Lycoperdon eylesii Verw.
 * Lycoperdon flavum Mass.
 * Lycoperdon furfuraceum Schaeff. ex de Toni.
 * Lycoperdon gardneri Berk.
 * Lycoperdon gemmatum Batsch.
 * Lycoperdon glabellum Peck.
 * Lycoperdon gunnii Berk.
 * Lycoperdon hyemale Vitt.
 * Lycoperdon laetum Berk.
 * Lycoperdon lilacinum Mass.
 * Lycoperdon multiseptum Lloyd.
 * Lycoperdon natalense Cooke & Mass.
 * Lycoperdon natalense Fr.
 * Lycoperdon oblongisporum Berk. & Curt.
 * Lycoperdon perlatum Pers.
 * Lycoperdon polymorphum Vitt.
 * Lycoperdon pratense Pers.
 * Lycoperdon pusillum Batsch ex Pers.
 * Lycoperdon qudenii Bottomley.
 * Lycoperdon radicatum Welw. & Curr.
 * Lycoperdon retis Lloyd
 * Lycoperdon rhodesianum Verw.
 * Lycoperdon saccatum Vahl.
 * Lycoperdon subincamatum Peck.
 * Lycoperdon umbrinum Pers.
 * Lycoperdon welwitschii de Toni.

Genus: Lysurus
 * Lysurus borealis P.Henn.
 * Lysurus corallocephalus Welw. & Curr.
 * Lysurus gardneri Berk.
 * Lysurus woodii Lloyd.