Fungi named in 1943

Matsutake (Japanese: 松茸/マツタケ), Tricholoma matsutake, is a species of mushroom, with a cap that can reach up to 35 centimetres (14 in) wide. It resembles at least one poisonous species. Growing in Eurasia and North America, it is a mycorrhizal species. It is a choice edible mushroom prized in Japanese cuisine for its distinct aroma.

Pleurotus citrinopileatus, the golden oyster mushroom (tamogitake in Japanese), is a species of gilled fungus. Native to eastern Russia, northern China, and Japan, the species produces an edible mushroom.

Leucocoprinus brebissonii, commonly known as the gray-eyed dapperling, is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae. It is also known as the skullcap dapperling due to its distinctive pattern on the cap. This mushroom was only thought to be found in Europe but it has since been observed in the Pacific Northwest and may also be found in Asia.

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Montagnea arenaria, commonly known as the gasteroid coprinus, is a species of secotioid fungus in the family Agaricaceae.Commonly found in desert habitats, the species is characterized by a cap that has an apical disc up to 5 centimetres (2 in) wide, radial gills, a hymenophore, and spores with a prominent germ pore. The morphology of this species is widely variable and it is inedible.

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Rhizocarpon macrosporum (lemon map lichen) is a smooth, bright yellow crustose aereolate lichen found in the Sonoran Desert of California and Arizona, and in Africa and Asia. It grows on non-calciferous rock in clearings in coniferous forests, from 1,475 to 3,030 metres (4,839 to 9,941 ft). It is very similar to R. geographicum except for the size of the spores. "Macrosporum" means "large spore". Areoles are 1.4 to 2 millimetres (0.055 to 0.079 in) in diameter and round to angular. The prothallus is black and often not distinct. The medulla is white.

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The Kickxellales are an order of fungi classified under Kickxellomycotina. It contains the single family Kickxellaceae, which contains roughly 37 species as of 2014. It is not monophyletic. Fungi of this order are rarely encountered; they are usually saprotrophic, coprophilus, or rarely mycoparasitic. Most species release their spores in a droplet of fluid upon reaching maturity.

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Tricholomopsis ornata is a species of Tricholomopsis from Europe.

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Gloeophyllum protractum is a species of fungus belonging to the family Gloeophyllaceae. It is native to Eurasia and Northern America.

Elsinoë batatas is a species of fungus in the Elsinoaceae family. It is a plant pathogen that affects members of the genus Ipomoea, including the sweet potato. The species was originally described in 1931 as a species of Sphaceloma, and in 1943 was transferred to Elsinoë by Ahmés Pinto Viégas and Anna Eliza Jenkins.

Aspergillus avenaceus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Flavi section. The species was first described in 1943. A. avenaceus has been isolated in the UK from a Pisum sativum seed, and in the United States. It has been reported to produce avenaciolide and aspirochlorine.

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Protothelenella is a genus of fungi in the family Protothelenellaceae. It contains 11 species, some of which form lichens. Protothelenella species have a crustose thallus with spherical to pear-shaped, dark brown to blackish perithecia. Microscopic characteristics of the genus include bitunicate asci with an amyloid tholus, and ascospores that are colourless and contain multiple internal partitions. Some species grow on acidic substrates including rocks, soil, bryophytes, plant detritus or rotten wood. Other species are lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling), growing on species of Solorina,