List of fungi of South Africa – G

Last updated May 16, 2024

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 affine Sacc. 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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Doidge 1950, p. 1051.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 Doidge 1950, p. 1052.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Doidge 1950, p. 1053.

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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