The Fungi recorded from South Africa - Taxa starting with G
This is an alphabetical list of fungal taxa as recorded from South Africa . Currently accepted names have been appended.
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
Family: Gasteromyceteae *
Genus: Geaster P. Micheli 1729 accepted as Geastrum Pers., (1794)
Genus: Geasteropsis Hollós 1903 accepted as Geastrum Pers., (1794)
Family: Geastreae
Genus: Geastrum Pers. 1794
Family: Geoglossaceae Corda 1838
Genus: Geopyxis (Pers.) Sacc. 1889
Genus: Geotrichum Link 1809
Genus: Gibellula Cavara 1894
Genus: Gibbera Fr. 1825
Genus: Gibberella Sacc. 1877 accepted as Fusarium Link, (1809)
Genus: Gliocladium Corda 1840, accepted as Sphaerostilbella (Henn.) Sacc. & D. Sacc., (1905)
Genus: Gloeodes Colby 1920
Genus: Gloeoporus Mont. 1842
Genus: Gloeosoma Bres. 1920, accepted as Aleurodiscus Rabenh. ex J. Schröt., (1888)
Genus: Gloeosporium Desm. & Mont. 1849, accepted as Diplocarpon F.A. Wolf, (1912)
Gloeosporium affine Sacc. 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)
Genus: Gloniella Sacc. 1883
Genus: Glyphis Ach. 1814 (Lichens)
Genus: Gnomonia Ces. & De Not. 1863
Family: Gnomoniaceae G. Winter 1886
Genus: Gomphinaria Preuss 1851, accepted as Ramularia Unger, (1833)
Genus: Gorgoniceps (P. Karst.) P. Karst. 1871
Genus: Grammothele Berk. & M.A. Curtis 1868
Genus: Grandinia Fr. 1838 accepted as Hyphodontia J. Erikss., (1958)
Genus: Graphina Müll. Arg. 1880
Family: Graphiolaceae Clem. & Shear 1931
Genus: Graphiola Poit. 1824
Family: Graphidaceae Dumort. 1822 (Lichens)
Genus: Graphis Adans. 1763 (Lichens)
Genus: Guepinia Fr. 1825
Genus: Guignardia Viala & Ravaz 1892, accepted as Phyllosticta Pers., (1818)
Genus: Gyalecta Ach. 1808
Family: Gyalectaceae Stizenb. 1862
Order: Gymnoascales G. Winter 1884
Family: Gymnoascaceae Imperfectae
Family: Gymnocarpeae
Genus: Gymnoglossum Massee 1891
Genus: Gyrodon Opat. 1836
Family: Gyrophoraceae Zenker 1827
Genus: Gyrophragmium Mont. 1843
Genus: Gyrostomum Fr. 1825, accepted as Glyphis Ach., (1814) (Lichens)
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