title: List of slime moulds of South Africa
text: # 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
  
  * 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.
  
  Family: Trichiaceae
  
  Genus: Tubifera (Slime moulds)
  
  * Tubifera ferruginosa Gmel.
  