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)