# 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
* Galera hypnorum (Batsch) Quél. 1872
* Galera lateritia Quel. (sic) possibly (Fr.) P. Kumm. 1871
* Galera peroxydata (Berk.) Sacc. 1887, accepted as Conocybe peroxydata (Berk.) D.A. Reid, (1975)
* Galera pygmaeo-affinis (Fr.) Quél. 1872, accepted as Conocybe pygmaeoaffinis (Fr.) Kühner, (1935)
* Galera spartea Quel. (sic) possibly (Fr.) P. Kumm. 1871, accepted as Conocybe spartea (Fr.) Konrad & Maubl., (1949) [1948]
* Galera sphagnorum Karst. (sic) possibly (Pers.) Sacc. 1887, accepted as Galerina sphagnorum (Pers.) Kühner, (1935)
* Galera tenera Quel. (sic) possibly (Schaeff.) P. Kumm. 187,1 accepted as Conocybe tenera (Schaeff.) Kühner, (1935)
* Galera tenera var. siliginea Quel. (sic) possibly (Fr.) P. Kumm. 1871, accepted as Conocybe siliginea (Fr.) Kühner, (1935)
Genus: Ganoderma P. Karst. 1881
* Ganoderma africanum (Lloyd) Doidge 1950
* Ganoderma alluaudi Pat. & Har. 1906
* Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat. 1887
* Ganoderma applanatum var. laccatum (Sacc.) Rea 1922 accepted as Ganoderma pfeifferi Bres., (1889)
* Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat. 1889
* Ganoderma chilense (Fr.) Pat. 1889
* Ganoderma colossus Bres.(sic) [as colossum] possibly (Fr.) C.F. Baker 1920
* Ganoderma curtisii (Berk.) Murrill 1908
* Ganoderma emini Henn. 1893 accepted as Humphreya eminii (Henn.) Ryvarden, (1980)
* Ganoderma fulvellum Bres. 1889 accepted as Fomes fulvellus (Bres.) Sacc., (1891)
* Ganoderma lobatum Atk. (sic) possibly Bres. 1889, accepted as Fomes fulvellus (Bres.) Sacc., (1891)
* Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis) P. Karst. 1881
* Ganoderma mastoporum (Lév.) Pat. 1889 accepted as Ganoderma orbiforme (Fr.) Ryvarden [as orbiformum], (2000)
* Ganoderma mollicarnosum (Lloyd) Sacc. & Trotter 1925 accepted as Navisporus floccosus (Bres.) Ryvarden [as floccosa], (1980)
* Ganoderma obockense Pat. (1887) [as obockense]
* Ganoderma oerstedii Bres. (sic) possibly (Fr.) Torrend 1902
* Ganoderma oroflavum (Lloyd) C.J. Humphrey 1931 accepted as Ganoderma australe (Fr.) Pat., (1889)
* Ganoderma resinaceum Boud. 1889
* Ganoderma rugosum Bres. (sic) 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] accepted as Coniothecium silaceum (Fée) Keissl., (1930)
Family: Gasteromyceteae*

## Ge

Genus: Geaster P. Micheli 1729 accepted as Geastrum Pers., (1794)
* Geaster affinis Colenso. accepted as Geastrum affine Colenso (1884) [1883]
* Geaster calceus Lloyd. accepted as Geastrum calceum Lloyd (1907)
* Geaster capensis Thuem. accepted as Geastrum capense Thüm. (1877)
* Geaster coliformis Dicks. accepted as Geastrum coliforme (Dicks.) Pers. (1801)
* Geaster coriaceus Colenso. accepted as Geastrum coriaceum Colenso (1890) [1889]
* Geaster coronatus Schroet. accepted as Geastrum coronatum Schaeff. ex J. Schröt. (1889)
* Geaster drummondii Berk. accepted as Geastrum drummondii Berk. 1845
* Geaster fenestratum Fisch. (sic) probably accepted as Geastrum fenestratum (Batsch) Lloyd 1901
* Geaster granulosus Fuck. accepted as Geastrum granulosum Fuckel 1860
* Geaster macowani Kalchbr. accepted as Geastrum macowanii Kalchbr. 1882
* Geaster minimus Fisch.*
* Geaster plicatus Berk.*
* Geaster schmidelii Vit. accepted as Geastrum schmidelii Vittad. 1842
* Geaster schweinfurthii P.Henn. accepted as Geastrum schweinfurthii Henn. 1891
* Geaster striatulus Kalchbr. accepted as Geastrum striatulum Kalchbr. 1880
Genus: Geasteropsis Hollós 1903 accepted as Geastrum Pers., (1794)
* Geasteropsis conrathii Hollós 1903 [as conrathi] accepted as Geastrum conrathii (Hollós) P. Ponce de León, (1968)
Family: Geastreae
Genus: Geastrum Pers. 1794
* Geastrum ambiguum Mont. 1837
* Geastrum arenarium Lloyd 1907
* Geastrum bryantii Berk. 1860 accepted as Geastrum striatum DC. [as Geaster], (1805)
* Geastrum campestre Morgan 1887
* Geastrum conrathii (Hollós) P. Ponce de León, (1968) recorded as Geasteropsis conrathii Hollós 1903 [as conrathi]
* Geastrum corollinum (Batsch) Hollós, (1904) reported as Geastrum mammosum Chevall. 1826
* Geastrum dissimile Bottomley 1948.
* Geastrum fimbriatum Fr. 1829
* Geastrum floriforme Vittad. 1842
* Geastrum fornicatum Fr. (sic) possibly (Huds.) Hook. 1821
* Geastrum hieronymi Henn. 1897
* Geastrum hygrometricum Pers. 1801 accepted as Astraeus hygrometricus (Pers.) Morgan, (1889)
* Geastrum limbatum Fr. 1829
* Geastrum limbatum var. ellipsostoma N.J.G.*
* Geastrum macowani Kalchbr. 1882.
* Geastrum mammosum Chevall. 1826 accepted as Geastrum corollinum (Batsch) Hollós, (1904)
* Geastrum minimum Schwein. 1822
* Geastrum mirabile Mont. 1855
* Geastrum nanum Pers. 1809 accepted as Geastrum striatum DC. [as Geaster], (1805)
* Geastrum pazschkeanum Henn. 1900
* Geastrum pectinatum Pers. 1801
* Geastrum quadrifidum Pers. 1794
* Geastrum saccatum Fr. 1829
* Geastrum triplex Jungh. 1840
* Geastrum velutinum Morgan 1895
Family: Geoglossaceae Corda 1838
Genus: Geopyxis (Pers.) Sacc. 1889
* Geopyxis aluticolor (Berk.) Sacc. 1889
* Geopyxis ammophila Dur. & Mont. (sic) possibly Sacc. 1889, accepted as Peziza ammophila Durieu & Lév., (1848)
* Geopyxis cupularis (L.) Sacc. 1889 accepted as Tarzetta cupularis (L.) Lambotte, (1887)
Genus: Geotrichum Link 1809
* Geotrichum rugosum (Castell.) C.W. Dodge 1935
* Geotrichum sp.

## Gi

Genus: Gibellula Cavara 1894
* Gibellula aranearum P. Syd. 1922
* Gibellula haygarthii Van der Byl 1922
Genus: Gibbera Fr. 1825
* Gibbera engleriana (Henn.) Van der Byl 1928
* Gibbera tinctoria Massee 1911
Genus: Gibberella Sacc. 1877 accepted as Fusarium Link, (1809)
* Gibberella acuminata Wollenw. 1943 accepted as Fusarium acuminatum Ellis & Everh., (1895)
* Gibberella baccata (Wallr.) Sacc. 1878, accepted as Fusarium lateritium Nees, (1816)
* Gibberella fujikuroi Wollenw. (sic) possibly (Sawada) S. Ito 1919 accepted as Fusarium fujikuroi Nirenberg, (1976)
* Gibberella fujikuroi var. subglutinans E.T. Edwards 1933 accepted as Fusarium fujikuroi Nirenberg, (1976)
* Gibberella intricans Wollenw. 1930 accepted as Fusarium gibbosum Appel & Wollenw., (1910)
* Gibberella pulicaris (Kunze) Sacc. 1877 accepted as Fusarium roseum Link, (1809)
* Gibberella saubinetii (Mont.) Sacc. 1879 accepted as Fusarium graminearum Schwabe, (1839)

## Gl

Genus: Gliocladium Corda 1840, accepted as Sphaerostilbella (Henn.) Sacc. & D. Sacc., (1905)
* Gliocladium deliquescens Sopp 1912 accepted as Trichoderma deliquescens (Sopp) Jaklitsch, (2011)
* Gliocladium penicillioides Corda 1840 [as penicilloides] accepted as Sphaerostilbella penicillioides (Corda) Rossman, L. Lombard & Crous, (2015)
* Gliocladium roseum Bainier 1907 accepted as Clonostachys rosea (Link) Schroers, Samuels, Seifert & W. Gams, (1999)
Genus: Gloeodes Colby 1920
* Gloeodes pomigena (Schwein.) Colby 1920
Genus: Gloeoporus Mont. 1842
* Gloeoporus conchoides Mont. 1842 accepted as Gloeoporus thelephoroides (Hook.) G. Cunn., (1965)
* Gloeoporus dichrous (Fr.) Bres. 1912 accepted as Vitreoporus dichrous (Fr.) Zmitr., (2018)
* Gloeoporus thelephoroides (Hook.) G. Cunn., (1965) reported as Gloeoporus conchoides Mont. 1842
Genus: Gloeosoma Bres. 1920, accepted as Aleurodiscus Rabenh. ex J. Schröt., (1888)
* Gloeosoma capensis (Lloyd) Lloyd 1920, accepted as Aleurocystis capensis (Lloyd) Lloyd, (1920)
Genus: Gloeosporium Desm. & Mont. 1849, accepted as Diplocarpon F.A. Wolf, (1912)
* Gloeosporium affineSacc. 1878
* Gloeosporium ampelophagum de Bary (sic) possibly (Pass.) Sacc. 1878, accepted as Elsinoe ampelina Shear, (1929)
* Gloeosporium amygdalinum Brizi (sic) possibly (Pass.) Sacc. 1878, accepted as Elsinoe ampelina Shear, (1929)
* Gloeosporium cocophilum Wakef. 1913 accepted as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc., (1884)
* Gloeosporium crocatum Sacc. 1891
* Gloeosporium epicarpi Thüm. 1877
* Gloeosporium fructigenum Berk. 1856 accepted as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc., (1884)
* Gloeosporium cydoniae Mont. 1851
* Gloeosporium helichrysi G. Winter 1885 accepted as Colletotrichum helichrysi (G. Winter) Arx, (1957)
* Gloeosporium lagenaria (Pass.) Sacc. & Roum. [as lagenarium], (1880) accepted as Gloeosporium orbiculare (Berk.) Berk., (1876)
* Gloeosporium limetticola R.E. Clausen 1912, [as 'limetticolum'] accepted as Colletotrichum limetticola (R.E. Clausen) Damm, P.F. Cannon & Crous [as 'limetticolum'], (2012)
* Gloeosporium mangiferae Henn. 1898 accepted as Colletotrichum coccodes (Wallr.) S. Hughes, (1958)
* Gloeosporium musarum Cooke & Massee 1887
* Gloeosporium myricae Dippen. 1931
* Gloeosporium olivarum J.V. Almeida 1899 accepted as Colletotrichum coccodes (Wallr.) S. Hughes, (1958)
* Gloeosporium papayae Henn. 1895
* Gloeosporium passiflorae Speg. 1898 accepted as Colletotrichum coccodes (Wallr.) S. Hughes, (1958)
* Gloeosporium psidii Delacr. 1903 accepted as Colletotrichum coccodes (Wallr.) S. Hughes, (1958)
* Gloeosporium ptychospermatis Henn. 1902 accepted as Phlyctema ptychospermatis (Henn.) Arx, (1957)
* Gloeosporium sansevieriae Verwoerd & du Plessis 1931
* Gloeosporium sclerocaryae Pole Evans*
* Gloeosporium venetum Speg. 1879
* Gloeosporium violae Berk. & Br. (sic) possibly Pass. 1849, accepted as Marssonina violae (Pass.) Magnus, (1906)
* Gloeosporium sp.
Genus: Glomerella Spauld. & H. Schrenk 1903, accepted as Colletotrichum Corda, (1831)
* Glomerella cingulata (G.F. Atk.) Spauld. & H. Schrenk 1903 accepted as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc., (1884)
* Glomerella glycines Lehman & F.A. Wolf 1926 accepted as Colletotrichum glycines Hori ex Hemmi, (1920)
* Glomerella gossypii Edgerton 1909 accepted as Colletotrichum gossypii Southw., (1891)
* Glomerella lindemuthiana Shear [as lindemuthianum], Bull. (1913) accepted as Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. & Magnus) Briosi & Cavara 1889
* Glomerella phacidiomorpha (Ces.) Petr. 1927
* Glomerella psidii J. Sheld. 1905
* Glomerella rufomaculans (Berk.) Spauld. & H. Schrenk 1903 accepted as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc., (1884)
Genus: Gloniella Sacc. 1883
* Gloniella multiseptata Doidge 1920 accepted as Gloniella natalensis Doidge, (1941)
* Gloniella natalensis Doidge, 1941
Genus: Glyphis Ach. 1814 (Lichens)
* Glyphis cicatricosa Ach. 1814
* Glyphis cicatricosa var. confluens (Zenker) Zahlbr. 1927 accepted as Glyphis cicatricosa Ach. 1814
* Glyphis cicatricosa var. simplicior (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1927
* Glyphis confluens Zenker 1827 accepted as Glyphis cicatricosa Ach. 1814

## Gn

Genus: Gnomonia Ces. & De Not. 1863
* Gnomonia leptostyla (Fr.) Ces. & De Not. 1863
Family: Gnomoniaceae G. Winter 1886

## Go

Genus: Gomphinaria Preuss 1851, accepted as Ramularia Unger, (1833)
* Gomphinaria pedrosoi (Brumpt) C.W. Dodge 1935 accepted as Fonsecaea pedrosoi (Brumpt) Negroni, (1936)
Genus: Gorgoniceps (P. Karst.) P. Karst. 1871
* Gorgoniceps kuitoensis Henn. 1903

## Gr

Genus: Grammothele Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1868
* Grammothele mappa Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1868 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 accepted as Dendrodontia bicolor (P.H.B. Talbot) Hjortstam & Ryvarden, (1980)
* Grandinia rosea Henn. 1905 accepted as Roseograndinia rosea (Henn.) Hjortstam & Ryvarden, (2005)
Genus: Graphina Müll. Arg. 1880
* Graphina acharii (Fée) Müll. Arg. 1887 accepted as Allographa acharii (Fée) Lücking & Kalb, (2018)
* Graphina analoga (Nyl.) Zahlbr. 1927
* Graphina atrofusca Müll. Arg. 1887 accepted as Glyphis atrofusca (Müll. Arg.) Lücking, (2009)
* Graphina bylii (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1932
* Graphina bylii var. lividula (Vain.) Zahlbr. 1932
* Graphina obtrita (Fée) Müll. Arg. 1887
* Graphina pergracilis Zahlbr. 1932
* Graphina platycarpa (Eschw.) Zahlbr. 1902
* Graphina polycarpa Müll. Arg. 1887
* Graphina sophistica (Nyl.) Müll. Arg. 1880
Family: Graphiolaceae Clem. & Shear 1931
Genus: Graphiola Poit. 1824
* Graphiola phoenicis (Moug. ex Fr.) Poit. 1824
Family: Graphidaceae Dumort. 1822 (Lichens)
Genus: Graphis Adans. 1763 (Lichens)
* Graphis acharii Fée 1825 accepted as Allographa acharii (Fée) Lücking & Kalb, (2018)
* Graphis analoga Nyl. 1859
* Graphis analoga f. tetraspora Stizenb.*
* Graphis atrofusca (Müll. Arg.) Stizenb. 1891
* Graphis bylii Vain. 1926
* Graphis bylii var. lividula Vain. 1926
* Graphis caesiopruinosa (Fée) Kremp. 1875 accepted as Phaeographina caesiopruinosa (Fée) Müll. Arg., (1887)
* Graphis cicatricosa (Ach.) Vain. 1890 accepted as Glyphis cicatricosa Ach., (1814)
* Graphis cicatricosa var. confluens (Zenker) Vain. 1890 accepted as Glyphis cicatricosa Ach., (1814)
* Graphis cicatricosa var. simplicior Vain. 1890
* Graphis denudans Vain. 1926
* Graphis devestiens Nyl. 1891
* Graphis diaphoroides Müll. Arg. 1886
* Graphis intertexta Nyl. (sic) possibly Müll. Arg. 1895
* Graphis intricata Fée 1825
* Graphis inusta var. emergens Vain. ex Van der Byl 1931
* Graphis mesographa Nyl. 1863
* Graphis polycarpa (Müll. Arg.) Stizenb. 1891
* Graphis scripta (L.) Ach. 1809
* Graphis sophistica Nyl. 1863
* Graphis striatula (Ach.) Spreng. 1827 accepted as Allographa striatula (Ach.) Lücking & Kalb, (2018)
* Graphis subfarinacea Nyl. 1891
* Graphis subolivacea Zahlbr. 1926

## Gu

Genus: Guepinia Fr. 1825
* Guepinia agariciformis Lloyd 1923 accepted as Dacryopinax spathularia (Schwein.) G.W. Martin, (1948)
* Guepinia fissa Berk. 1843
* Guepinia flabellata Cooke 1884 accepted as Inflatostereum glabrum (Pat.) D.A. Reid, (1965)
* Guepinia palmiceps Berk. 1843
* Guepinia petaloides Kalchbr. 1882
* Guepinia sparassoides Kalchbr. 1882
* Guepinia spathularia (Schwein.) Fr. 1828 accepted as Dacryopinax spathularia (Schwein.) G.W. Martin, (1948)
* Guepinia spathularia f. lata Lloyd.*
Genus: Guignardia Viala & Ravaz 1892, accepted as Phyllosticta Pers., (1818)
* Guignardia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz 1892 accepted as Phyllosticta ampelicida (Engelm.) Aa, (1973)

## Gy

Genus: Gyalecta Ach. 1808
* Gyalecta thunbergiana Ach. 1810 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 accepted as Aroramyces radiatus (Lloyd) Castellano, Verbeken & Walleyn, (2000)
Genus: Gyrodon Opat. 1836
* Gyrodon capensis Sacc. 1896
Family: Gyrophoraceae Zenker 1827
Genus: Gyrophragmium Mont. 1843
* Gyrophragmium delilei Mont. 1843
* Gyrophragmium inquinans (Berk.) Lloyd 1904
Genus: Gyrostomum Fr. 1825, accepted as Glyphis Ach., (1814) (Lichens)
* Gyrostomum scyphuliferum (Ach.) Nyl. 1862 accepted as Glyphis scyphulifera (Ach.) Staiger, (2002)