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 Family: Trichiaceae
 * 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.

Genus: Tubifera (Slime moulds)
 * Tubifera ferruginosa Gmel.