List of fungi of South Africa – M

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

Ma
Genus: Macowania
 * Macowania agaricina Berk.

Genus: Macowaniella
 * Macowaniella congesta Doidge
 * Macowaniella myrsinicola Doidge

Genus: Macowanites Kalchbr. (1882), accepted as Russula Pers. (1796)
 * Macowanites agarieinum Kalchbr.

Genus: Macrodiplodia
 * Macrodiplodia corticale Kalchbr. & Cooke

Genus: Macrophoma
 * Macrophoma agapanthi Trav.
 * Macrophoma aloes Scalia.
 * Macrophoma artemisiae Berl. & Vogl
 * Macrophoma cattleyicola P.Henn.
 * Macrophoma clematidis Togn.
 * Macrophoma curvispora Peek. accepted as Neofabraea malicorticis H.S.Jacks., (1913)
 * Macrophoma dryopteris Verw. & du Pless.
 * Macrophoma falconieri P.Henn.
 * Macrophoma oleae Berl. & Vogl.
 * Macrophoma palnuirum Berl. & Vogl.
 * Macrophoma pinea Petrak & Syd.
 * Macrophoma sp.

Genus: Macrophomina
 * Macrophomina limbalis Syd.
 * Macrophomina phaseoli (Maubl.) S.F. Ashby (1927) accepted as Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. (1947)

Genus: Macrosporium
 * Macrosporium camelliae Cooke & Mass.
 * Macrosporium carotae Ellis & Langl., (1890), accepted as Alternaria dauci (J.G.Kühn) J.W.Groves & Skolko, (1944)
 * Macrosporium citri McAlp.
 * Macrosporium cladosporioides Desm.
 * Macrosporium commune Rabenh., (1870), accepted as Pleospora herbarum (Pers.) Rabenh. (1857)
 * Macrosporium cucumerinum Ellis & Everh., (1895) accepted as Alternaria cucumerina, (Ellis & Everh.) J.A.Elliott, (1917)
 * Macrosporium eucalypti P.Henn.
 * Macrosporium iridis Cooke & Ell.
 * Macrosporium lanceolatum Mass.
 * Macrosporium longipes Ell. & Everh.
 * Macrosporium maydis Cooke & Ell.
 * Macrosporium nigricantium Atk.
 * Macrosporium nobile Vize.
 * Macrosporium oleae Berl. & Vogl.
 * Macrosporium phaseoli Fautr.
 * Macrosporium porri Ell.
 * Macrosporium punctatum Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Macrosporium sarcinula Berk.(1838), accepted as Pleospora herbarum (Pers.) Rabenh. (1857)
 * Macrosporium solani Ell. & Mart. accepted as Alternaria solani Sorauer, (1896)
 * Macrosporium tabacinum Ell. & Mart.
 * Macrosporium tomato Cooke
 * Macrosporium vitis Sorok.
 * Macrosporium sp.

Genus: Madurella
 * Madurella sp.

Genus: Malacaria
 * Malacaria meliolieola Syd.

Genus: Malassezia
 * Malassezia furfur Baillon.

Genus: Marasmius
 * Marasmius calopus Fr.
 * Marasmius candidus Fr.
 * Marasmius delectans Morgan.
 * Marasmius epiphyllus Fr.
 * Marasmius filaris Kalchbr. & MacOwan.
 * Marasmius haematocephalus Mont. ex Fr.
 * Marasmius hariolorum Quel.
 * Marasmius helvolus Berk.
 * Marasmius oreadoides Pass.
 * Marasmius petalinus Berk. & Curt.
 * Marasmius rotula Fr.
 * Marasmius saccharinu Fr.
 * Marasmius scorodonius (Fr.) Fr., 1826 accepted as Mycetinis scorodonius (Fr.) A.W.Wilson & Desjardin, 2005
 * Marasmius siccus Fr.
 * Marasmius splachnoides Fr.
 * Marasmius tener Berk. & Curt.
 * Marasmius togoensis P.Henn.
 * Marasmius thwaitesii Berk. & Br.
 * Marasmius torquescens Quel.
 * Marasmius ustorum Berk.
 * Marasmius sp.

Genus: Maronea (Lichen)
 * Maronea constans Hepp.
 * Maronea crassilabra H.Magn.
 * Maronea horizoides Wain.

Genus: Marssonina
 * Marssonia castagnei Sacc.
 * Marssonina fragariae (Lib.) Kleb., (1918) accepted as Diplocarpon earlianum (Ellis & Everh.) F.A.Wolf [as 'earliana'], (1924)
 * Marssonina juglandis (Lib.) Magnus, (1906) accepted as Ophiognomonia leptostyla (Fr.) Sogonov, Stud. Mycol. 62: 62 (2008)
 * Marssonina populi Magn.
 * Marssonina sp.

Genus: Massecella
 * Massecella flueggeae Syd. (sic)

Me
Genus: Medusula
 * Medusula disjectans Nyl.

Genus: Megalonectria
 * Megalonectria nigrescens Sacc.
 * Megalonectria pseudotrichia (Schwein.) Speg., (1881). accepted as Nectria pseudotrichia (Schwein.) Berk. & M.A. Curtis, (1853)

Genus: Megalospora
 * Megalospora lutea Flotow.
 * Megalospora stellenboschiana Zahlbr.
 * Megalospora versicolor Zahlbr.

Genus: Megatrichophyton
 * Megatrichophyton roseum Doidge

Family: Melampsoraceae (Rusts)

Genus: Melampsora
 * Melampsora aecidioides Schroet.
 * Melampsora helioscopiae Wint.
 * Melampsora hyperici Schroet.
 * Melampsora hypericorum Wint. var. australis Doidge
 * Melampsora junodii Doidge
 * Melampsora lini Lev.
 * Melampsora mixta Schroet.
 * Melampsora puccinioides Wint.
 * Melampsora ricini Pass.
 * Melampsora stratosa Cooke
 * Melampsora tremulae Tul.
 * Melampsora vitellinae Thuem.

Genus: Melampsorella
 * Melampsorella ricini de Toni

Genus: Melampydium
 * Melampydium metabolum Müll.Arg. subsp. africanum Zahlbr.

Genus: Melanaspicilia
 * Melanaspicilia aethalea Wain.
 * Melanaspicilia epichlora Vain.

Genus: Melanconiaceae Melanconiaceae

Genus: Melanconiales Melanconiales

Genus: Melanconium
 * Melanconium fourcroyae Syd.
 * Melanconium sacchari Massee, (1896), accepted as Phaeocytostroma sacchari (Ellis & Everh.) B. Sutton, (1964)

Genus: Melanogaster
 * Melanogaster ambiguus Tul.
 * Melanogaster owanianum Kalchbr.

Genus: Melanops
 * Melanops perseae Petrak.

Genus: Melanopsamma
 * Melanopsamma parasitica Sacc.

Genus: Melanopsichium
 * Melanopsichium austro-americanum G.Beck

Genus: Melanospora
 * Melanospora parasitica (Tul.) Tul. & C.Tul. (1865)accepted as Syspastospora parasitica (Tul.) P.F.Cannon & D.Hawksw. (1982)

Genus: Melanotheca
 * Melanotheca oculea Stizenb.

Genus: Melasmia
 * Melasmia confluens v.Hohn.
 * Melasmia parinarii P.Henn.

Genus: Melaspilea (Lichens and lichenocolous)
 * Melaspilea gemella Nyl.

Genus: Melastiza
 * Melastiza charteri Boud.

Genus: Meliola
 * Meliola acanthacearum Hansf.
 * Meliola acridocarpi Doidge
 * Meliola allophyli Doidge
 * Meliola amphitricha Fr.
 * Meliola apodytis v.d.Byl
 * Meliola arcuata Doidge
 * Meliola argentina Speg.
 * Meliola atalayae Doidge
 * Meliola atra Doidge
 * Meliola azimae Doidge
 * Meliola behniae Syd.
 * Meliola bifida Cooke
 * Meliola bosciae Doidge
 * Meliola braehyodonta Syd.
 * Meliola buxicola Doidge
 * Meliola campylotricha Syd.
 * Meliola capensis Theiss.
 * Meliola capnodioides Thuem.
 * Meliola carissae Doidge
 * Meliola celtidicola v.d.Byl
 * Meliola choristylidis Doidge
 * Meliola cladophila Syd.
 * Meliola chidotricha Lev.
 * Meliola clavieulata Doidge
 * Meliola cluytiae v.d.Byl.
 * Meliola cnestidis Doidge
 * Meliola comata Doidge
 * Meliola conferta Doidge
 * Meliola cryptocaryae Doidge
 * Meliola cylindripoda Doidge
 * Meliola dactylipoda Syd.
 * Meliola ditricha Doidge
 * Meliola doidgeae Syd.
 * Meliola draeaenicola Pat. & Har.
 * Meliola dummeri Hansf. var. brachyodonta Hansf.
 * Meliola evansii Doidge
 * Meliola excoecariae Doidge
 * Meliola falcata Syd.
 * Meliola furcillata Doidge
 * Meliola ganglifera Kalchbr.
 * Meliola gemellipoda Doidge
 * Meliola geniculata Syd. & Butler var. macrospora Doidge
 * Meliola glabra Berk. & Curt.
 * Meliola gloriosa Doidge
 * Meliola goniomae Doidge
 * Meliola heudeloti Gaill.
 * Meliola hippocrateae Doidge
 * Meliola impatientis Doidge
 * Meliola indigoferae Syd.
 * Meliola inermis Kalchbr. & Cooke.
 * Meliola jasminicola P. Henn.
 * Meliola kentaniensis Doidge
 * Meliola knowltoniae Doidge
 * Meliola knysnae Doidge
 * Meliola leptidea Syd.
 * Meliola littoralis Syd.
 * Meliola loxostylidis Doidge
 * Meliola macowaniana Thuem.
 * Meliola malacotricha Speg.
 * Meliola manca Ell. & Mart.
 * Meliola merrillii Syd.
 * Meliola microspora var. africana Doidge
 * Meliola microthecia Thuem.
 * Meliola natalensis Doidge
 * Meliola natalensis var. conferta Doidge
 * Meliola natalensis var. lara Doidge
 * Meliola ochnae Doidge
 * Meliola oleicola Doidge
 * Meliola oleicola var. jasmini Doidge
 * Meliola oliniae Kalchbr.
 * Meliola oncinotidis Doidge
 * Meliola osyridis Doidge
 * Meliola palmieola Wint.
 * Meliola panici Earle.
 * Meliola peddieicola Hansf.
 * Meliola peglerae Doidge
 * Meliola peltata Doidge
 * Meliola perpusilla Syd. var. congoensis Beeli.
 * Meliola petiolaris Doidge
 * Meliola podocarpi Doidge
 * Meliola polytrieha Kalchbr. & Cooke
 * Meliola popowiae Doidge
 * Meliola psilostomae Thuem.
 * Meliola psychotriae Earle.
 * Meliola ptaeroxyli Doidge
 * Meliola puiggarii Speg.
 * Meliola quinquespora Thuem.
 * Meliola rhoina Doidge
 * Meliola rhois P.Henn.
 * Meliola rhois var. tenuis Doidge
 * Meliola rigida Doidge
 * Meliola sapindacearum Speg.
 * Meliola scabra Doidge
 * Meliola sclerochitoni Kalchbr.
 * Meliola scolopiae Doidge
 * Meliola sinuosa Doidge
 * Meliola speciosa Doidge
 * Meliola strophanthi Doidge
 * Meliola thuemeniana Stev.
 * Meliola toddaliae Doidge
 * Meliola torta Doidge
 * Meliola transvaalensis Doidge
 * Meliola varia Doidge
 * Meliola woodiana Sacc.
 * Meliola xumenensis Doidge
 * Meliola zehneriae v.d.Byl.
 * Meliola sp. var. M. capnodioides Thuem.
 * Meliola sp.

Family: Meliolaceae

Genus: Meliolaster
 * Meliolaster mackenzii Doidge

Genus: Meliolina
 * Meliolina arborescens Syd.
 * Meliolina cladotricha Syd.
 * Meliolina irenicolum Stevens.

Genus: Melogramma
 * Melogramma eucalypti Kalchbr. & Cooke

Family: Melogrammataceae

Genus: Memnoniella
 * Memnoniella echinata Gall.

Genus: Menispora
 * Menispora cylindrica Kalchbr. & Cooke

Merulioidea

Genus: Merulius
 * Merulius alneus (L.) J.F.Gmel. (1792), accepted as Schizophyllum commune Fr. (1815)
 * Merulius corium Fr.
 * Merulius gelatinosus Lloyd
 * Merulius himantoides Fr.
 * Merulius lacrymans Fr.
 * Merulius pinastri Burt.
 * Merulius rufus Pers. ex Fr.
 * Merulius serpens Tode ex Fr.
 * Merulius squalidus Fr.
 * Merulius tremellosus Schrad. (1794), accepted as Phlebia tremellosa (Schrad.) Nakasone & Burds. (1984)

Genus: Metarrhizium
 * Metarrhizium anisopliae Sorokin

Genus: Metasphaeria
 * Metasphaeria brachiata Sacc.
 * Metasphaeria caffra Petrak.
 * Metasphaeria cumana Sacc.
 * Metasphaeria metuloidea Sacc.

Mi
Genus: Microcallis
 * Microcallis nuxiae Hansf.
 * Microcallis oleae Hansf.

Genus: Microcyclus
 * Microcyclus kentaniensis Doidge
 * Microcyclus osyridis (Cooke) Sacc. (1904), accepted as Microcyclus amphimelaenus (Mont.) Arx [as amphimelaena], in Müller & von Arx,(1962)
 * Microcyclus tassianus (Sacc.) Syd. & P. Syd. (1904), accepted as Microcyclus amphimelaenus (Mont.) Arx [as amphimelaena], in Müller & von Arx,(1962)

Genus: Microdiplodia
 * Microdiplodia rikatliensis Petrak.

Genus: Micropeltis
 * Micropeltis maratliae P.Henn.
 * Micropeltis stigma Cooke
 * Micropeltis trichomanis P.Henn.

Genus: Microphiale
 * Microphiale lutea Zahlbr.

Genus: Microsphaera
 * Microsphaera alni (DC. ex Wallr.) G. Winter, (1884), accepted as Microsphaera penicillata (Wallr.) Lév., (1851)
 * Microsphaera polonica Siemaszko.

Genus: Microsporon
 * Microsporon furfur Robin.

Genus: Microsporum
 * Microsporum audouinii Gruby.

Genus: Microstroma
 * Microstroma albizziae Syd.
 * Microstroma album Sacc.
 * Microstroma quercinum Niessl.
 * Microstroma quercinum f. roboris Thuem.

Genus: Microthelia
 * Microthelia confluens Müll.Arg.
 * Microthelia macrocarpoides Zahlbr.
 * Microthelia micula Korb.
 * Microthelia uniserialis Zahlbr.

Fanily: Microthyriaceae

Family: Microthyriae

Order: Microthyriales

Genus: Microthyriella
 * Microthyriella transvaalensis Doidge

Genus: Microthyrium
 * Microthyrium annuliforme Syd.
 * Microthyrium maculicolum Doidge
 * Microthyrium ranulisporum Doidge

Genus: Milesina
 * Milesina dieteliana P.Magn.
 * Milesina nervisequa Syd.

Mo
Genus: Mollisia
 * Mollisia aquosa Phill.
 * Mollisia cinerea Karst.
 * Mollisia subgilva Kalchbr. & Cooke

Genus: Monascus Genus: Monilia accepted as Monilinia
 * Monascus ruber van Tiegh.
 * Monilia balcanica Castellani & Chalmers.
 * Monilia bethaliensis Pijper
 * Monilia fimicola Cost. & Matr.
 * Monilia krusei Castellani & Chalmers
 * Monilia pseudolondinensis Castellani & Chalmers
 * Monilia pseudotropicalis Castellani & Chalmers
 * Monilia rugosa Castellani & Chalmers
 * Monilia sitophila Sace.
 * Monilia zeylanica Castellani & Chalmers
 * Monilia sp.

Genus: Monochaetia
 * Monochaetia camelliae Miles.
 * Monochaetia cydoniae Pole Evans & Doidge

Genus: Monoicomyces
 * Monoicomyces zealandicus Thaxt.

Genus: Montagnella
 * Montagnella asperata Syd.
 * Montagnella maxima Mass.
 * Montagnella peglerae Pole Evans

Family: Montagnellaceae

Genus: Montagnites
 * Montagnites candollei Fr.

Genus: Morphella
 * Morphella conica Pers.
 * Morphella esculenta Pers.

Genus: Morenoella
 * Morenoella oxyanthae Doidge
 * Morenoella phillipsii Doidge

Genus: Morenoina
 * Morenoina africana Doidge
 * Morenoina dracaenae Doidge

Family:Mortierellaceae

Mu
Family:Mucedinaceae

Genus: Mucor
 * Mucor clavatus Linn.
 * Mucor exitiosus Mass.
 * Mucor hiemalis Wehm.
 * Mucor mucedo Linn.
 * Mucor racemosus Pres.
 * Mucor rouxii Calm.
 * Mucor stercorius Link.

Family: Mucoraceae

Family: Mucorales

Genus: Mucronella
 * Mucronella aggregata Fr.

Genus: Mutinus
 * Mutinus bambusinus Ed.Fisch.
 * Mutinus curtisii Ed.Fisch.
 * Mutinus simplex Lloyd.

My
Mycelia sterilia

Genus: Mycena
 * Mycena acicula Quel.
 * Mycena alcalina Quel.
 * Mycena actiniceps Sacc.
 * Mycena arguta Sacc.
 * Mycena capillaris Quel.
 * Mycena elavicularis Gill.
 * Mycena corticola Quel.
 * Mycena debilis Quel.
 * Mycena dilatata Gill.
 * Mycena dregeana Sacc.
 * Mycena galericulata S.F.Gray
 * Mycena heliscus Sacc.
 * Mycena hiemalis Quel.
 * Mycena macrorrhiza Sacc.
 * Mycena rhodiophylla Sacc.
 * Mycena sciola Sacc.
 * Mycena tenerrima (Fr.) Quél. (1874),accepted as Mycena adscendens (Lasch) Maas Geest. (1981)
 * Mycena tintinnabula Quel.
 * Mycena vitrea Quel.
 * Mycena vulgaris Quel.
 * Mycena sp.

Genus: Mycenastrum
 * Mycenastrum corium (Guers.) Desv. (1842),
 * Mycenastrum lejospermum Mont.
 * Mycenastrum phaeotrichum Berk.

Genus: Mycobilimbia (Lichens)
 * Mycobilimbia aeervata Vouaux.
 * Mycobilimbia quatemella Vouaux.

Genus: Mycoderma
 * Mycoderma pararugosum Dodge

Genus: Mycogone
 * Mycogone aurantiaca da Cam.
 * Mycogone sp.

Genus: Mycolangloisia
 * Mycolangloisia nitida Hansf.

Genus: Mycoleptodon Pat. (1897), accepted as Steccherinum Gray (1821)
 * Mycoleptodon ochraeeum Pat.

Family:Mycoporaceae

Genus: Mycoporellum Genus: Mycoporum
 * Mycoporellum lahmii Müll.Arg.
 * Mycoporum lahmii Stizenb.
 * Mycoporum pycnocarpum Nyl.

Genus: Mycosphaerella
 * Mycosphaerella agapanthi Lindau.
 * Mycosphaerella aloes Syd.
 * Mycosphaerella areola Ehrlich & Wolf.
 * Mycosphaerella brassicaecola Lindau.
 * Mycosphaerella byliana Syd.
 * Mycosphaerella citrullina (C.O. Sm.) Grossenb., (1909), accepted as Didymella bryoniae (Fuckel) Rehm, (1881)
 * Mycosphaerella dichrostachydis v.d.Byl
 * Mycosphaerella fragariae (Tul.) Lindau, 1897,
 * Mycosphaerella gibelliana Pass.
 * Mycosphaerella gossypina Atk.
 * Mycosphaerella loranthi Syd.
 * Mycosphaerella maculiformis (Pers.) J. Schröt., (1894), accepted as Mycosphaerella punctiformis (Pers.) Starbäck, (1889)
 * Mycosphaerella moelleriana Lindau.
 * Mycosphaerella moricola Linn.
 * Mycosphaerella nemesiae Dipp.
 * Mycosphaerella pinodes Stone. (sic), possibly (Berk. & A. Bloxam) Vestergr., (1912)accepted as Didymella pinodes (Berk. & A. Bloxam) Petr., (1924)
 * Mycosphaerella plectranthi Doidge
 * Mycosphaerella rubi Roark
 * Mycosphaerella schoenoprasi Schroet. (sic) possibly Rabenh., (1894) [1897], accepted as Davidiella tassiana (De Not.) Crous & U. Braun, (2003)
 * Mycosphaerella sentina (Fr.) J. Schröt., (1894), accepted as Mycosphaerella pyri (Auersw.) Boerema, (1970)
 * Mycosphaerella theae Shaw

Family: Mycosphaerellaceae

Genus: Mycotoruloides
 * Mycotoruloides triades Langeron & Talice.

Family: Myriangiaceae

Order:Myriangiales

Genus: Myriangium
 * Myriangium montagnei Berk.

Genus: Myriostoma
 * Myriostoma coliformis Corda.

Genus: Myrothecium
 * Myrothecium verrucaria Alb. & Schw.

Genus: Mystrosporium
 * Mystrosporium alliorum Berk.
 * Mystrosporium aterrimum Berk. & Curt.
 * Mystrosporium polytrichum Cooke
 * Mystrosporium velutinum Kalchbr. & Cooke

Genus: Myxosporium
 * Myxosporium corticola Edgert.