List of fungi of South Africa – G

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

Ga

Genus: Galera (Fr.) P. Kumm. 1871

Galera eatoni (Berk.) Sacc^[1]
Galera hypnorum (Batsch) Quél. 1872^[1]
Galera lateritia Quel. (sic)^[1] possibly (Fr.) P. Kumm. 1871
Galera peroxydata (Berk.) Sacc. 1887,^[1] accepted as Conocybe peroxydata (Berk.) D.A. Reid, (1975)
Galera pygmaeo-affinis (Fr.) Quél. 1872,^[1] accepted as Conocybe pygmaeoaffinis (Fr.) Kühner, (1935)
Galera spartea Quel. (sic)^[1] possibly (Fr.) P. Kumm. 1871, accepted as Conocybe spartea (Fr.) Konrad & Maubl., (1949) [1948]
Galera sphagnorum Karst. (sic)^[1] possibly (Pers.) Sacc. 1887, accepted as Galerina sphagnorum (Pers.) Kühner, (1935)
Galera tenera Quel. (sic)^[1] possibly (Schaeff.) P. Kumm. 187,1 accepted as Conocybe tenera (Schaeff.) Kühner, (1935)
Galera tenera var. siliginea Quel. (sic)^[1] possibly (Fr.) P. Kumm. 1871, accepted as Conocybe siliginea (Fr.) Kühner, (1935)

Genus: Ganoderma P. Karst. 1881

Ganoderma africanum (Lloyd) Doidge 1950^[1]
Ganoderma alluaudi Pat. & Har. 1906^[1]
Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat. 1887^[1]
Ganoderma applanatum var. laccatum (Sacc.) Rea 1922^[1] accepted as Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., (1889)
Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889^[1]
Ganoderma chilense (Fr.) Pat. 1889^[1]
Ganoderma colossus Bres.(sic) [as colossum]^[1] possibly (Fr.) C.F. Baker 1920
Ganoderma curtisii (Berk.) Murrill 1908^[1]
Ganoderma emini Henn. 1893^[1] accepted as Humphreya eminii (Henn.) Ryvarden, (1980)
Ganoderma fulvellum Bres. 1889^[1] accepted as Fomes fulvellus (Bres.) Sacc., (1891)
Ganoderma lobatum Atk. (sic)^[1] possibly Bres. 1889, accepted as Fomes fulvellus (Bres.) Sacc., (1891)
Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst. 1881^[1]
Ganoderma mastoporum (Lév.) Pat. 1889^[1] accepted as Ganoderma orbiforme (Fr.) Ryvarden [as orbiformum], (2000)
Ganoderma mollicarnosum (Lloyd) Sacc. & Trotter 1925^[1] accepted as Navisporus floccosus (Bres.) Ryvarden [as floccosa], (1980)
Ganoderma obockense Pat. (1887) [as obockense]^[1]
Ganoderma oerstedii Bres. (sic)^[1] possibly (Fr.) Torrend 1902
Ganoderma oroflavum (Lloyd) C.J. Humphrey 1931^[1] accepted as Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat., (1889)
Ganoderma resinaceum Boud. 1889^[1]
Ganoderma rugosum Bres. (sic)^[1] possibly (Blume & T. Nees) Pat. 1889, or Ganoderma rugosum var. nigrozonatum Bres. 1915, both accepted as Sanguinoderma rugosum (Blume & T. Nees) Y.F. Sun, D.H. Costa & B.K. Cui, (2020)

Genus: Gassicurtia Fée 1825

Gassicurtia silacea Fée 1834 [as Gassicourtia silicea]^[1] accepted as Coniothecium silaceum (Fée) Keissl., (1930)

Family: Gasteromyceteae^[1]*

Ge

Genus: Geaster P. Micheli 1729 accepted as Geastrum Pers., (1794)

Geaster affinis Colenso.^[2] accepted as Geastrum affine Colenso (1884) [1883]
Geaster calceus Lloyd.^[2] accepted as Geastrum calceum Lloyd (1907)
Geaster capensis Thuem.^[2] accepted as Geastrum capense Thüm. (1877)
Geaster coliformis Dicks.^[2] accepted as Geastrum coliforme (Dicks.) Pers. (1801)
Geaster coriaceus Colenso.^[2] accepted as Geastrum coriaceum Colenso (1890) [1889]
Geaster coronatus Schroet.^[2] accepted as Geastrum coronatum Schaeff. ex J. Schröt. (1889)
Geaster drummondii Berk.^[2] accepted as Geastrum drummondii Berk. 1845
Geaster fenestratum Fisch. (sic)^[2] probably accepted as Geastrum fenestratum (Batsch) Lloyd 1901
Geaster granulosus Fuck.^[2] accepted as Geastrum granulosum Fuckel 1860
Geaster macowani Kalchbr.^[2] accepted as Geastrum macowanii Kalchbr. 1882
Geaster minimus Fisch.^[2]*
Geaster plicatus Berk.^[2]*
Geaster schmidelii Vit.^[2] accepted as Geastrum schmidelii Vittad. 1842
Geaster schweinfurthii P.Henn.^[2] accepted as Geastrum schweinfurthii Henn. 1891
Geaster striatulus Kalchbr.^[2] accepted as Geastrum striatulum Kalchbr. 1880

Genus: Geasteropsis Hollós 1903 accepted as Geastrum Pers., (1794)

Geasteropsis conrathii Hollós 1903 [as conrathi]^[2] accepted as Geastrum conrathii (Hollós) P. Ponce de León, (1968)

Family: Geastreae^[2]

Genus: Geastrum Pers. 1794

Geastrum ambiguum Mont. 1837^[2]
Geastrum arenarium Lloyd 1907^[2]
Geastrum bryantii Berk. 1860^[2] accepted as Geastrum striatum DC. [as Geaster], (1805)
Geastrum campestre Morgan 1887^[2]
Geastrum conrathii (Hollós) P. Ponce de León, (1968) recorded as Geasteropsis conrathii Hollós 1903 [as conrathi]^[2]
Geastrum corollinum (Batsch) Hollós, (1904) reported as Geastrum mammosum Chevall. 1826^[2]
Geastrum dissimile Bottomley 1948.^[2]
Geastrum fimbriatum Fr. 1829^[2]
Geastrum floriforme Vittad. 1842^[2]
Geastrum fornicatum Fr. (sic)^[2] possibly (Huds.) Hook. 1821
Geastrum hieronymi Henn. 1897^[2]
Geastrum hygrometricum Pers. 1801^[2] accepted as Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.) Morgan, (1889)
Geastrum limbatum Fr. 1829^[2]
Geastrum limbatum var. ellipsostoma N.J.G.^[2]*
Geastrum macowani Kalchbr. 1882.^[2]
Geastrum mammosum Chevall. 1826^[2] accepted as Geastrum corollinum (Batsch) Hollós, (1904)
Geastrum minimum Schwein. 1822^[2]
Geastrum mirabile Mont. 1855^[2]
Geastrum nanum Pers. 1809^[2] accepted as Geastrum striatum DC. [as Geaster], (1805)
Geastrum pazschkeanum Henn. 1900^[2]
Geastrum pectinatum Pers. 1801^[2]
Geastrum quadrifidum Pers. 1794^[2]
Geastrum saccatum Fr. 1829^[2]
Geastrum triplex Jungh. 1840^[2]
Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895^[2]

Family: Geoglossaceae^[2] Corda 1838

Genus: Geopyxis (Pers.) Sacc. 1889

Geopyxis aluticolor (Berk.) Sacc. 1889^[2]
Geopyxis ammophila Dur. & Mont. (sic)^[2] possibly Sacc. 1889, accepted as Peziza ammophila Durieu & Lév., (1848)
Geopyxis cupularis (L.) Sacc. 1889^[2] accepted as Tarzetta cupularis (L.) Lambotte, (1887)

Genus: Geotrichum Link 1809

Geotrichum rugosum (Castell.) C.W. Dodge 1935^[2]
Geotrichum sp.^[2]

Gi

Genus: Gibellula Cavara 1894

Gibellula aranearum P. Syd. 1922^[2]
Gibellula haygarthii Van der Byl 1922^[2]

Genus: Gibbera Fr. 1825

Gibbera engleriana (Henn.) Van der Byl 1928^[2]
Gibbera tinctoria Massee 1911^[2]

Genus: Gibberella Sacc. 1877 accepted as Fusarium Link, (1809)

Gibberella acuminata Wollenw. 1943^[2] accepted as Fusarium acuminatum Ellis & Everh., (1895)
Gibberella baccata (Wallr.) Sacc. 1878,^[2] accepted as Fusarium lateritium Nees, (1816)
Gibberella fujikuroi Wollenw. (sic)^[2] possibly (Sawada) S. Ito 1919 accepted as Fusarium fujikuroi Nirenberg, (1976)
Gibberella fujikuroi var. subglutinans E.T. Edwards 1933^[2] accepted as Fusarium fujikuroi Nirenberg, (1976)
Gibberella intricans Wollenw. 1930^[2] accepted as Fusarium gibbosum Appel & Wollenw., (1910)
Gibberella pulicaris (Kunze) Sacc. 1877^[2] accepted as Fusarium roseum Link, (1809)
Gibberella saubinetii (Mont.) Sacc. 1879^[2] accepted as Fusarium graminearum Schwabe, (1839)

Gl

Genus: Gliocladium Corda 1840, accepted as Sphaerostilbella (Henn.) Sacc. & D. Sacc., (1905)

Gliocladium deliquescens Sopp 1912^[2] accepted as Trichoderma deliquescens (Sopp) Jaklitsch, (2011)
Gliocladium penicillioides Corda 1840 [as penicilloides]^[2] accepted as Sphaerostilbella penicillioides (Corda) Rossman, L. Lombard & Crous, (2015)
Gliocladium roseum Bainier 1907^[2] accepted as Clonostachys rosea (Link) Schroers, Samuels, Seifert & W. Gams, (1999)

Genus: Gloeodes Colby 1920

Gloeodes pomigena (Schwein.) Colby 1920^[2]

Genus: Gloeoporus Mont. 1842

Gloeoporus conchoides Mont. 1842^[2] accepted as Gloeoporus thelephoroides (Hook.) G. Cunn., (1965)
Gloeoporus dichrous (Fr.) Bres. 1912^[2] accepted as Vitreoporus dichrous (Fr.) Zmitr., (2018)
Gloeoporus thelephoroides (Hook.) G. Cunn., (1965) reported as Gloeoporus conchoides Mont. 1842^[2]

Genus: Gloeosoma Bres. 1920, accepted as Aleurodiscus Rabenh. ex J. Schröt., (1888)

Gloeosoma capensis (Lloyd) Lloyd 1920,^[2] accepted as Aleurocystis capensis (Lloyd) Lloyd, (1920)

Genus: Gloeosporium Desm. & Mont. 1849, accepted as Diplocarpon F.A. Wolf, (1912)

Gloeosporium affineSacc. 1878^[2]
Gloeosporium ampelophagum de Bary (sic)^[2] possibly (Pass.) Sacc. 1878, accepted as Elsinoe ampelina Shear, (1929)
Gloeosporium amygdalinum Brizi (sic)^[2] possibly (Pass.) Sacc. 1878, accepted as Elsinoe ampelina Shear, (1929)
Gloeosporium cocophilum Wakef. 1913^[2] accepted as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc., (1884)
Gloeosporium crocatum Sacc. 1891^[2]
Gloeosporium epicarpi Thüm. 1877^[2]
Gloeosporium fructigenum Berk. 1856^[2] accepted as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc., (1884)
Gloeosporium cydoniae Mont. 1851^[2]
Gloeosporium helichrysi G. Winter 1885^[2] accepted as Colletotrichum helichrysi (G. Winter) Arx, (1957)
Gloeosporium lagenaria (Pass.) Sacc. & Roum. [as lagenarium], (1880)^[2] accepted as Gloeosporium orbiculare (Berk.) Berk., (1876)
Gloeosporium limetticola R.E. Clausen 1912, [as 'limetticolum']^[2] accepted as Colletotrichum limetticola (R.E. Clausen) Damm, P.F. Cannon & Crous [as 'limetticolum'], (2012)
Gloeosporium mangiferae Henn. 1898^[2] accepted as Colletotrichum coccodes (Wallr.) S. Hughes, (1958)
Gloeosporium musarum Cooke & Massee 1887^[2]
Gloeosporium myricae Dippen. 1931^[2]
Gloeosporium olivarum J.V. Almeida 1899^[2] accepted as Colletotrichum coccodes (Wallr.) S. Hughes, (1958)
Gloeosporium papayae Henn. 1895^[2]
Gloeosporium passiflorae Speg. 1898^[2] accepted as Colletotrichum coccodes (Wallr.) S. Hughes, (1958)
Gloeosporium psidii Delacr. 1903^[2] accepted as Colletotrichum coccodes (Wallr.) S. Hughes, (1958)
Gloeosporium ptychospermatis Henn. 1902^[2] accepted as Phlyctema ptychospermatis (Henn.) Arx, (1957)
Gloeosporium sansevieriae Verwoerd & du Plessis 1931^[2]
Gloeosporium sclerocaryae Pole Evans^[2]*
Gloeosporium venetum Speg. 1879^[2]
Gloeosporium violae Berk. & Br. (sic)^[2] possibly Pass. 1849, accepted as Marssonina violae (Pass.) Magnus, (1906)
Gloeosporium sp.^[2]

Genus: Glomerella Spauld. & H. Schrenk 1903, accepted as Colletotrichum Corda, (1831)

Glomerella cingulata (G.F. Atk.) Spauld. & H. Schrenk 1903^[2] accepted as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc., (1884)
Glomerella glycines Lehman & F.A. Wolf 1926^[2] accepted as Colletotrichum glycines Hori ex Hemmi, (1920)
Glomerella gossypii Edgerton 1909^[2] accepted as Colletotrichum gossypii Southw., (1891)
Glomerella lindemuthiana Shear [as lindemuthianum], Bull. (1913)^[2] accepted as Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. & Magnus) Briosi & Cavara 1889
Glomerella phacidiomorpha (Ces.) Petr. 1927^[2]
Glomerella psidii J. Sheld. 1905^[2]
Glomerella rufomaculans (Berk.) Spauld. & H. Schrenk 1903^[2] accepted as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc., (1884)

Genus: Gloniella Sacc. 1883

Gloniella multiseptata Doidge 1920^[2] accepted as Gloniella natalensis Doidge, (1941)
Gloniella natalensis Doidge, 1941^[2]

Genus: Glyphis Ach. 1814 (Lichens)

Glyphis cicatricosa Ach. 1814^[2]
Glyphis cicatricosa var. confluens (Zenker) Zahlbr. 1927^[2] accepted as Glyphis cicatricosa Ach. 1814
Glyphis cicatricosa var. simplicior (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1927^[2]
Glyphis confluens Zenker 1827^[2] accepted as Glyphis cicatricosa Ach. 1814

Gn

Genus: Gnomonia Ces. & De Not. 1863

Gnomonia leptostyla (Fr.) Ces. & De Not. 1863^[2]

Family: Gnomoniaceae^[2] G. Winter 1886

Go

Genus: Gomphinaria Preuss 1851, accepted as Ramularia Unger, (1833)

Gomphinaria pedrosoi (Brumpt) C.W. Dodge 1935^[2] accepted as Fonsecaea pedrosoi (Brumpt) Negroni, (1936)

Genus: Gorgoniceps (P. Karst.) P. Karst. 1871

Gorgoniceps kuitoensis Henn. 1903^[2]

Gr

Genus: Grammothele Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1868

Grammothele mappa Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1868^[2] accepted as Grammothele lineata Berk. & M.A. Curtis, (1868)

Genus: Grandinia Fr. 1838 accepted as Hyphodontia J. Erikss., (1958)

Grandinia bicolor P.H.B. Talbot 1948^[2] accepted as Dendrodontia bicolor (P.H.B. Talbot) Hjortstam & Ryvarden, (1980)
Grandinia rosea Henn. 1905^[2] accepted as Roseograndinia rosea (Henn.) Hjortstam & Ryvarden, (2005)

Genus: Graphina Müll. Arg. 1880

Graphina acharii (Fée) Müll. Arg. 1887^[2] accepted as Allographa acharii (Fée) Lücking & Kalb, (2018)
Graphina analoga (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1927^[2]
Graphina atrofusca Müll. Arg. 1887^[2] accepted as Glyphis atrofusca (Müll. Arg.) Lücking, (2009)
Graphina bylii (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1932^[2]
Graphina bylii var. lividula (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1932^[2]
Graphina obtrita (Fée) Müll. Arg. 1887^[2]
Graphina pergracilis Zahlbr. 1932^[2]
Graphina platycarpa (Eschw.) Zahlbr. 1902^[2]
Graphina polycarpa Müll. Arg. 1887^[2]
Graphina sophistica (Nyl.) Müll. Arg. 1880^[2]

Family: Graphiolaceae^[2] Clem. & Shear 1931

Genus: Graphiola Poit. 1824

Graphiola phoenicis (Moug. ex Fr.) Poit. 1824^[2]

Family: Graphidaceae^[2] Dumort. 1822 (Lichens)

Genus: Graphis Adans. 1763 (Lichens)

Graphis acharii Fée 1825^[2] accepted as Allographa acharii (Fée) Lücking & Kalb, (2018)
Graphis analoga Nyl. 1859^[2]
Graphis analoga f. tetraspora Stizenb.^[2]*
Graphis atrofusca (Müll. Arg.) Stizenb. 1891^[2]
Graphis bylii Vain. 1926^[2]
Graphis bylii var. lividula Vain. 1926^[2]
Graphis caesiopruinosa (Fée) Kremp. 1875^[2] accepted as Phaeographina caesiopruinosa (Fée) Müll. Arg., (1887)
Graphis cicatricosa (Ach.) Vain. 1890^[2] accepted as Glyphis cicatricosa Ach., (1814)
Graphis cicatricosa var. confluens (Zenker) Vain. 1890^[2] accepted as Glyphis cicatricosa Ach., (1814)
Graphis cicatricosa var. simplicior Vain. 1890^[3]
Graphis denudans Vain. 1926^[3]
Graphis devestiens Nyl. 1891^[3]
Graphis diaphoroides Müll. Arg. 1886^[3]
Graphis intertexta Nyl. (sic)^[3] possibly Müll. Arg. 1895
Graphis intricata Fée 1825^[3]
Graphis inusta var. emergens Vain. ex Van der Byl 1931^[3]
Graphis mesographa Nyl. 1863^[3]
Graphis polycarpa (Müll. Arg.) Stizenb. 1891^[3]
Graphis scripta (L.) Ach. 1809^[3]
Graphis sophistica Nyl. 1863^[3]
Graphis striatula (Ach.) Spreng. 1827^[3] accepted as Allographa striatula (Ach.) Lücking & Kalb, (2018)
Graphis subfarinacea Nyl. 1891^[3]
Graphis subolivacea Zahlbr. 1926^[3]

Gu

Genus: Guepinia Fr. 1825

Guepinia agariciformis Lloyd 1923^[3] accepted as Dacryopinax spathularia (Schwein.) G.W. Martin, (1948)
Guepinia fissa Berk. 1843^[3]
Guepinia flabellata Cooke 1884^[3] accepted as Inflatostereum glabrum (Pat.) D.A. Reid, (1965)
Guepinia palmiceps Berk. 1843^[3]
Guepinia petaloides Kalchbr. 1882^[3]
Guepinia sparassoides Kalchbr. 1882^[3]
Guepinia spathularia (Schwein.) Fr. 1828^[3] accepted as Dacryopinax spathularia (Schwein.) G.W. Martin, (1948)
Guepinia spathularia f. lata Lloyd.^[3]*

Genus: Guignardia Viala & Ravaz 1892, accepted as Phyllosticta Pers., (1818)

Guignardia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz 1892^[3] accepted as Phyllosticta ampelicida (Engelm.) Aa, (1973)

Gy

Genus: Gyalecta Ach. 1808

Gyalecta thunbergiana Ach. 1810^[3] accepted as Diploschistes thunbergianus (Ach.) Lumbsch & Vězda, (1993)

Family: Gyalectaceae Stizenb. 1862

Order: Gymnoascales G. Winter 1884

Family: Gymnoascaceae Imperfectae

Family: Gymnocarpeae

Genus: Gymnoglossum Massee 1891

Gymnoglossum radiatum (Lloyd) Bottomley 1948^[3] accepted as Aroramyces radiatus (Lloyd) Castellano, Verbeken & Walleyn, (2000)

Genus: Gyrodon Opat. 1836

Gyrodon capensis Sacc. 1896^[3]

Family: Gyrophoraceae Zenker 1827

Genus: Gyrophragmium Mont. 1843

Gyrophragmium delilei Mont. 1843^[3]
Gyrophragmium inquinans (Berk.) Lloyd 1904^[3]

Genus: Gyrostomum Fr. 1825, accepted as Glyphis Ach., (1814) (Lichens)

Gyrostomum scyphuliferum (Ach.) Nyl. 1862^[3] accepted as Glyphis scyphulifera (Ach.) Staiger, (2002)

References

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Sources

Doidge, Ethel (1950). "Titles of Works, not included in the General bibliography, and Index to Fungi and Lichens". Bothalia. 5 (1). Bothalia [Online]: 1030–1094. doi:10.4102/abc.v5i1.1880. Retrieved 29 July 2021 – via journals.abcjournal.aosis.co.za.

List of fungi of South Africa – G

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