This is a list of all of the marine fungi that have ever been recorded from Australia and the publications in which the records appeared. If you find any species that I have missed, then please let me know!
Note: For people outside of Australia, the codes ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC, TAS, and WA refer to the states and territories of Australia.
Ascomycetes
Acrocordiopsis patilii Borse & K.D. Hyde
QLD – on dead mangrove trunk (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Adomia avicenniae S. Schatz
NSW – on prop roots of Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. and A. marina var. resinifera (G.Forst.) Bakh (Schatz 1985)
Aigialus grandis Kohlm. & S. Schatz
QLD – on intertidal wood of mangrove Ceriops sp. and prop roots of Rhizophora sp. (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Hyde 1992a)
Aigialus parvus S. Schatz & Kohlm.
QLD – Intertidal wood from shore fortification (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Aniptodera chesapeakensis Shearer & M.A. Mill.
NSW – on intertidal mangrove wood and driftwood (Hyde 1990)
SA – intertidal mangrove wood and driftwood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Description – marinefungi.org
Aniptodera juncicola Volkm.-Kohlm. et Kohlm.
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Aniptodera mangrovei K.D. Hyde
NSW, VIC – on intertidal mangrove wood (Hyde 1990)
Aniptodera salsuginosa Nakagiri & Tad. Ito
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Aniptosporopsis lignatilis (K.D. Hyde) K.L. Pang, C.L. Lu, W.T. Ju & E.B.G. Jones
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Description – marinefungi.org
Anisostagma rotundatum K.R.L. Petersen et Jørg. Koch
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Description – marinefungi.org
Annabella australiensis Fryar, Haelew. & D.E.A. Catch.
SA – on attached intertidal branch of mangrove A. marina (Fryar et al. 2019)
Antennospora quadricornuta (Cribb & J.W. Cribb) T.W. Johnson
QLD – on intertidal and subtidal wood of A. marina var. resinifera and unidentified wood (Cribb and Cribb 1956, 1969, Kohlmeyer 1984, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Arenariomyces parvulus Jørg. Koch
QLD – on sand grains, debris, fruits of Casuarina sp., intertidal wood, leaves in a tidal pool, and foraminifera (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1989, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Ascocratera manglicola Kohlm.
NSW, QLD – on intertidal tree stump, wood of mangrove Ceriops sp. and a dead mangrove trunk (Kohlmeyer 1986, Hyde 1990, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Hyde 1992a)
Aspergillus restrictus G. Sm. (anamorph)
QLD – on live coral (Kendrick et al. 1982)
Aspergillus versicolor (Vuill.) Tirab. (anamorph)
QLD – on live coral (Kendrick et al. 1982)
Asteromyces cruciatus Moreau & V. Moreau ex Hennebert
SA, VIC – in sea foam (Boyd and Kohlmeyer 1982)
Belizeana tuberculata Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
NSW, QLD – on intertidal wood, mangrove bark, and prop root (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1987, 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Biatriospora marina K.D. Hyde & Borse
QLD – on subtidal wood (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Blodgettia bornetii E.P. Wright (anamorph)
QLD – in alga Cladophora fuliginosa Kützing (Cribb and Cribb 1969)
Candida maris (Uden & Zobell) S.A. Mey. & Yarrow (yeast)
QLD – cultured from sea water (Uden and Zobell 1962)
Candida torresii (Uden & Zobell) S.A. Mey. & Yarrow (yeast)
QLD – cultured from sea water (Uden and Zobell 1962)
Caryospora australiensis Abdel-Wahab & E.B.G. Jones
VIC – on driftwood (Abdel-Wahab and Jones 2000)
Caryosporella rhizophorae Kohlm.
QLD – on prop root of Rhizophora stylosa Griff. (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Ceriosporopsis halima Linder
NSW, QLD – on submerged wood (Cribb and Cribb 1956, Jones et al. 1972)
SA – intertidal mangrove wood and driftwood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Description – marinefungi.org
Chadefaudia balliae Kohlm.
VIC, WA – on macroalga Ballia callitricha (C. Agardh) Kützing (Kohlmeyer 1973a)
Chadefaudia corallinarum (P. Crouan & H. Crouan) E. Müll. & Arx
QLD – on alga Jania adhaerens J.V.Lamouroux (Cribb and Cribb 1969)
Chadefaudia gymnogongri (Feldmann) Kohlm.
NSW, TAS, QLD, SA – parasitic on macroalgae Ptilonia australasica Harvey, Laurencia concinna Montagne, L. succisa A.B. Cribb, L. heteroclada Harvey, L. flexilis Setchell, L. tenera C.K. Tseng, L. pygmaea Weber and Gigartina intermedia Suringa (Cribb and Herbert 1954, Cribb and Cribb 1955, 1960, Kohlmeyer and Kohlmeyer 1979)
Cirrenalia macrocephala (Kohlm.) Meyers & R.T. Moore (anamorph)
NSW – on submerged timber (Jones et al. 1972)
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Corollospora gracilis Nakagiri & Tokura.
QLD – on sand grains attached to detritus (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Corollospora maritima Werderm.
NSW, QLD, SA, VIC – on washed-up debris, washed-up leaves of seagrass Posidonia australis J.D. Hooker and Amphibolis sp., driftwood, sea foam, sand grains, bryozoan colonies, intertidal and subtidal wood, Spirorbis sp., and rhizomes of Posidoni cf. ostenfeldii Den Hartog (Kohlmeyer 1984, Bebout et al. 1987, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
SA – intertidal mangrove wood and driftwood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Description – marinefungi.org
Corollospora pulchella Kohlm., I. Schmidt & N.B. Nair
NSW, QLD, SA – on sand grains, washed up algae (Sargassum sp.) and seagrass (P. australis), sea foam, intertidal and subtidal wood and detritus (Kohlmeyer 1984, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Corollospora quinqueseptata Nakagiri
SA – intertidal mangrove wood and driftwood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Corollospora trifurcata (Höhnk) Kohlm.
NSW, QLD, VIC – on submerged and intertidal wood, sea foam, and sand grains (Cribb and Cribb 1956, Kohlmeyer 1984)
Cremasteria cymatilis Meyers & R.T. Moore
NSW – on submerged timber (Jones et al. 1972)
Cryptovalsa halosarceicola K.D. Hyde
QLD – on intertidal decaying samphire Tecticornia halocnemoides (Nees) K.A. Sheph. & Paul G. Wilson (Hyde 1993)
Cytospora rhizophorae Kohlm. & E. Kohlm. (anamorph)
NT, QLD – on prop roots and trunks of mangroves Rhizophora sp. (Shaw 1989, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Decaisnella formosa Abdel-Wahab & E.B.G. Jones
VIC – on sand in intertidal zone (Abdel-Wahab and Jones 2003)
Diatrypasimilis australiensis J.J. Zhou & Kohlm.
QLD – on dead intertidal prop root of Rhizophora sp. (Chalkley et al. 2010)
Description – marinefungi.org
Dyfrolomyces mangrovei (K.D. Hyde) K.D. Hyde, K.L. Pang, Alias, Suetrong & E.B.G. Jones
QLD – on an intertidal twig of mangrove Pemphis acidula J.R. Forst & G. Forst. (Hyde 1992b)
Etheirophora blepharospora (Kohlm. & E. Kohlm.) Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
QLD – on prop roots of R. stylosa and intertidal wood of Ceriops sp. (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Hyde 1992a)
Eutypa bathurstensis K.D. Hyde & Rappaz
QLD – on decorticated intertidal branches of Avicennia sp. (Hyde and Rappaz 1993)
Description – marinefungi.org
Eutypella naqsii K.D. Hyde
QLD – on intertidal wood of mangrove Avicennia sp. (Hyde 1995)
Description – marinefungi.org
Exophiala pisciphila McGinnis & Ajello (anamorph)
location not given, pathogenic on Salmon Solmo salar L.(Langdon and McDonald 1987)
Exserohilum rostratum (Drechsler) K.J. Leonard & Suggs (anamorph)
QLD – pathogenic on clams (Tridacna crocea Lamarck) and on living coral (Kendrick et al. 1982, Norton et al. 1994,)
Fulvocentrum aegyptiaca (Abdel-Wahab, El-Shar. et E.B.G. Jones) E.B.G. Jones & Abdel-Wahab
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Description – marinefungi.org
Gloeosporidina cecidii (Kohlm.) B. Sutton (anamorph)
SA – on macroalga Sargassum natans (Linnaeus) Gaillon (Kohlmeyer 1972)
Haiyanga salina(Meyers) K.L. Pang & E.B.G. Jones
QLD – on subtidal wood and inside foraminifera (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Halobyssothecium obiones (P. Crouan & H. Crouan) Dayar., E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde
QLD – on submerged wood (Cribb and Cribb 1960)
Description – marinefungi.org
Halocryptosphaeria bathurstensis (K.D. Hyde et Rappaz) Dayarathne, V.V. Sarma, Devadatha et K.D. Hyde
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Halographis runica Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
QLD – on subtidal coral slabs (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1992)
Description – marinefungi.org
Haloguignardia decidua Cribb & J.W. Cribb
NSW, QLD – on driftwood and macroalga Sargassum sp. (Cribb and Cribb 1956)
Haloguignardia irritans (Setch. & Estee) Cribb & J.W. Cribb
QLD – substrate not specified (Cribb and Cribb 1956)
Haloguignardia longispora Cribb & J.W. Cribb
QLD – on macroalga Sargassum sp. (Cribb and Cribb 1956)
Haloguignardia tumefaciens (Cribb & Herbert) Cribb & J.W. Cribb
NSW, QLD, SA, TAS – on macroalga Sargassum sp. (Cribb and Herbert 1954, Cribb and Cribb 1956, 1960, Kohlmeyer 1971)
Halojulella avicenniae(Borse) Suetrong, K.D. Hyde & E.B.G. Jones
QLD – on submerged and intertidal wood and prop roots of Avicennia sp., and driftwood (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Hyde 1992a)
Halomassarina thalassiae (Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.) Suetrong, Sakay., E.B.G. Jones, Kohlm., Volkm.-Kohlm. & C.L. Schoch
QLD – on intertidal wood of Ceriops sp., prop roots of R. stylosa, root of Rhizophora sp., and driftwood (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Hyde 1992a)
Description – marinefungi.org
Halorosellinia oceanica (S. Schatz) Whalley, E.B.G. Jones, K.D. Hyde & Læssøe
VIC – on intertidal mangrove wood (Hyde 1990)
Description – marinefungi.org
Halosarpheia fibrosa Kohlm. & E. Kohlm.
NSW, QLD, VIC – on intertidal wood and prop roots, intertidal mangrove wood and driftwood (Kohlmeyer 1984, Hyde 1990, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
SA – intertidal mangrove wood and driftwood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Description – marinefungi.org
Halosarpheia marina (Cribb & J.W. Cribb) Kohlm.
NSW, QLD, VIC – on intertidal wood and prop roots of Rhizophora sp. (Cribb and Cribb 1956, Kohlmeyer 1984, Hyde 1990, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Hyde 1992a)
Halosarpheia trullifera (Kohlm.) E.B.G. Jones, S.T. Moss et Cuomo
SA – driftwood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Halosphaeria appendiculata Linder
QLD, VIC – on driftwood and intertidal mangrove wood (Cribb and Cribb 1956, Hyde 1990)
SA – driftwood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Description – marinefungi.org
Halosphaeriopsis mediosetigera (Cribb & J.W. Cribb) T.W. Johnson
NSW, VIC, QLD – in sea foam and on submerged wood (Cribb and Cribb 1956, Kohlmeyer 1984)
Halosphaeriopsis mediosetigera anamorph (Trichocladium achrasporum) (Meyers & R.T. Moore) M. Dixon ex Shearer & J.L. Crane (anamorph)
QLD, VIC – on driftwood and intertidal mangrove wood (Cribb and Cribb 1969, Hyde 1990, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Humicola alopallonella Meyers & R.T. Moore (anamorph)
NSW, QLD, VIC – on intertidal and subtidal mangrove wood, submerged timber, prop root and living coral (Jones et al. 1972, Kendrick et al. 1982, Hyde 1990, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Kallichroma glabrum (Kohlm.) Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
QLD – on intertidal wood of mangrove A. marina (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Kallichroma tethys (Kohlm. & E. Kohlm.) Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
NSW, QLD – on intertidal mangrove wood (Hyde 1990)
Description – marinefungi.org
Kluyveromyces aestuarii (Fell) Van der Walt(yeast)
QLD – cultured from sea water (Uden and Zobell 1962)
Koralionastes ellipticus Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
QLD – on subtidal coral slab (Volkmann-Kohlmeyer and Kohlmeyer 1992)
Koralionastes ovalis Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
QLD – Subtidal coral slab (Volkmann-Kohlmeyer and Kohlmeyer 1992)
Koralionastes violaceus Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
QLD – Subtidal coral slab (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1990)
Leptosphaeria australiensis (Cribb & J.W. Cribb) G.C. Hughes
NSW, QLD, VIC – on driftwood, intertidal wood and prop roots of Rhizophora sp., R. stylosa and A. marina, and intertidal wood of A. marinae var. resiniferae (Cribb and Cribb 1955, 1969, Kohlmeyer 1984, Hyde 1990, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Hyde 1992a)
Description – marinefungi.org
Lignincola laevis Höhnk
NSW, QLD – Submerged and intertidal wood, intertidal wood of A. marina, prop roots of A. marina var. resinifera and R. stylosa (Kohlmeyer 1983, Kohlmeyer 1984, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Hyde 1992a)
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Lindra thalassiae Orpurt, Meyers, Boral & Simms
QLD – Beach detritus and inside shells of foraminifera (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Lineolata rhizophorae (Kohlm. & E. Kohlm.) Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
QLD – Intertidal wood, driftwood, branch and root of Rhizophora sp., and prop root of R. stylosa (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Hyde 1992a)
Lulworthia floridana Meyers
NSW – on submerged timber (Jones et al. 1972)
Lulworthia longispora Cribb & J.W. Cribb
QLD – on intertidal wood, bark, and prop roots (Cribb and Cribb 1955)
Lulworthia purpurea (I.M. Wilson) T.W. Johnson
NSW – on submerged timber (Jones et al. 1972)
Mangrovispora pemphii K.D. Hyde & Nakagiri
QLD – on intertidal roots of Pemphis acidula (Hyde and Nakagiri 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Marinosphaera mangrovei K.D. Hyde
QLD – on intertidal wood, Halosarcia sp (samphire), and mangrove Ceriops sp. roots (Hyde 1992a)
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Description – marinefungi.org
Massarina cystophorae (Cribb & J.W. Herb.) Kohlm. & E. Kohlm.
TAS – on macroalga Cystophorae retroflexae (Labillardière) J. Agardh (Cribb and Herbert 1954)
Massarina lacertensis Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
QLD – on submerged mangrove R. stylosa wood (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Melanopsamma balani(G. Winter) Meyers
NSW, TAS – on algae on seashells (Kohlmeyer and Kohlmeyer 1979)
Melaspilea mangrovei Vrijmoed, K.D. Hyde & E.B.G. Jones
QLD – on intertidal Pemphis acidula (Vrijmoed et al. 1996)
Moromyces varius (Chatmala et Somrith.) Abdel-Wahab, K.L. Pang, Nagah., Abdel-Aziz et E.B.G. Jones
SA – intertidal mangrove wood and driftwood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Description – marinefungi.org
Morosphaeria velatispora (K.D. Hyde & Borse) Suetrong, Sakay., E.B.G. Jones & C.L. Schoch
QLD – on dead prop roots of R. stylosa (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1988, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Natantispora retorquens (Shearer & J.L. Crane) J. Campb., J.L. Anderson & Shearer
VIC – on intertidal mangrove wood (Hyde 1990)
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Neocosmospora solani(Mart.) L. Lombard & Crous (anamorph)
WA – on infected farmed crustacian Panulirus cygnus George (Glazebrook et al. 1986)
Neptunella longirostris(Cribb & J.W. Cribb) K.L. Pang & E.B.G. Jones
NSW, QLD – on intertidal and subtidal wood of mangroves, including A. Marina var. resinifera (Cribb and Cribb 1956, Hyde 1990, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Oceanitis unicaudata (E.B.G. Jones & Camp.-Als.) J. Dupont & E.B.G. Jones
NSW – on submerged wood (Kohlmeyer 1983)
Oceanitis viscidula (Kohlm. & E. Kohlm.) J. Dupont & E.B.G. Jones
QLD – on intertidal mangrove wood (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Ocostaspora apilongissima E.B.G. Jones, R.G. Johnson & S.T. Moss
QLD – on subtidal roots of Pandanaus sp. and other wood (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Okeanomyces cucullatus(Kohlm.) K.L. Pang & E.B.G. Jones
location and substrate not specified (Kohlmeyer and Kohlmeyer 1979)
Description – marinefungi.org
Ophiobolus australiensis T.W. Johnson & Sparrow
QLD – on mangrove A. marina var. resinifera (Cribb and Cribb 1956)
Panorbis viscosus (I. Schmidt) J. Campb., J.L. Anderson & Shearer
QLD – on mangrove A. marina root (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Paraaniptodera longispora (K.D. Hyde) K.L. Pang, C.L. Lu, W.T. Ju & E.B.G. Jones
QLD – on submerged wood of Osbornia octodonta F. Muell. and prop root of R. stylosa (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Penicillium bilaiae Chalab. (anamorph)
TAS – on boat ramp (substrate not specified) (Capon et al. 2007)
Penicillium restrictum J.C. Gilman & E.V. Abbott (anamorph)
QLD – on living coral (Kendrick et al. 1982)
Periconia prolifica Anastasiou (anamorph)
NSW, QLD, VIC – on root of Rhizophora sp. and intertidal wood (Kohlmeyer 1984, Hyde 1990, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Phialophora bubaki (Laxa) Schol-Schwarz (anamorph)
QLD – on living coral (Kendrick et al. 1982)
Phialophorophoma litoralis Linder (anamorph)
QLD – on exposed dead root of mangrove A. marina var. resinifera (Cribb and Cribb 1955)
Piricauda pelagica T. Johnson (anamorph)
QLD – on driftwood (Hyde 1992a)
Polychaetomyces verrusocus Fryar, D.E.A. Catches., Oberlies & Raja
SA – on submerged wood (Crous et al. 2024)
Pontogeneia valoniopsidis (Cribb & J.W. Cribb) Kohlm.
QLD – on macroalga Valoniopside pachynema (G. Martens) Børgesen (Cribb and Cribb 1960)
Pseudopithomyces chartarum(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Jun F. Li, Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde(anamorph)
QLD – on living coral (Kendrick et al. 1982)
Pseudoplatystomum scabridisporum (Abdel-Wahab & E.B.G. Jones) Thambug. & K.D. Hyde
VIC – on driftwood (Abdel-Wahab and Jones 2000)
Purpureocillium lilacinum (Thom) Luangsa-ard, Houbraken, Hywel-Jones & Samson (anamorph)
QLD – on living coral (Kendrick et al. 1982)
Pyrenographa xylographoides Aptroot
QLD – on wood of mangrove Ceriops tagal (Pers.) C.B. Rob. (Aptroot 1991, Alias et al. 1996)
Quintaria lignatilis (Kohlm.) Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
QLD – on mangrove wood and trunk (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Hyde 1992a)
Description – marinefungi.org
Remispora hamata (Höhnk) Kohlm.
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Rhizophila marina K.D. Hyde & E.B.G. Jones
QLD – on intertidal wood and prop roots of mangrove R. stylosa (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Rimora mangrovei (Kohlm. & Vittal) Kohlm., Volkm.-Kohlm., Suetrong, Sakay. & E.B.G. Jones
QLD – on intertidal mangrove bark (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Saagaromyces abonnis (Kohlm.) K.L. Pang & E.B.G. Jones
NSW, QLD, VIC – on intertial O. octodonta, prop roots and intertidal wood of mangroves R. stylosa and A. marina, and intertidal wood (Hyde 1990, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Hyde 1992a)
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Saagaromyces glitra (J.L. Crane & Shearer) K.L. Pang & E.B.G. Jones
NSW, QLD, VIC – on intertidal wood of mangrove Ceriops sp. and unidentified mangrove (Hyde 1990, Hyde 1992a)
Saagaromyces mangrovei Abdel-Wahab, Bahkali et E.B.G. Jones
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Sammeyersia grandispora (Meyers) S.Y. Guo, E.B.G. Jones & K.L. Pang
NSW, QLD, VIC – on unidentifed intertidal mangrove wood and intertidal wood of mangroves A. marina var. resinifera, Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Lam., C. tagal, Excoercaria agallocha L., and R. stylosa (Leightly 1980, Hyde 1990)
Description – marinefungi.org
Savoryella longispora E.B.G. Jones & K.D. Hyde
QLD – on intertidal mangrove wood (Hyde 1992a)
Savoryella melanospora Abdel-Wahab & E.B.G. Jones
VIC – on driftwood (Abdel-Wahab and Jones 2000)
Savoryella paucispora (Cribb & J.W. Cribb) J. Koch
QLD – on submerged wood (Cribb and Cribb 1960)
Sclerococcum haliotrephum(Kohlm. & E. Kohlm.) Ertz & Diederich
NSW, QLD, VIC – on intertidal wood, intertidal wood of R. stylosa, intertidal branch of O. octodonta, prop root of Rhizophora sp., intertidal Ceriops sp. and on Rhizophora mangle L. (Kohlmeyer 1983, Hyde 1990, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Hyde 1992a)
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Spathulospora adelpha Kohlm.
SA, VIC, WA – on macroalga B. callitricha (Kohlmeyer 1973b, Kohlmeyer and Kohlmeyer 1975, Kohlmeyer 1983, Inderbitzin et al. 2004)
Spathulospora calva Kohlm.
SA, VIC, WA – on macroalga B. callitricha (Kohlmeyer 1973b, Kohlmeyer and Kohlmeyer 1975, Kohlmeyer 1983)
Spathulospora phycophila A.R. Caval. & T.W. Johnson
SA, VIC – on macroalga B. callitricha and B. scoparia (Cavaliere and Johnson 1965, Kohlmeyer 1973b, Kohlmeyer and Kohlmeyer 1975, Kohlmeyer 1983, Inderbitzen et al. 2004)
Swampomyces armeniacus Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
QLD – on intertidal mangrove wood and prop roots of A. marina (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991, Hyde and Nakagiri 1992)
Description – marinefungi.org
Swampomyces triseptatus K.D. Hyde & Nakagiri
QLD – on mangrove wood (Hyde 1992a, Hyde and Nakagiri 1992)
Sydowia polyspora(Bref. & Tavel) E. Müll.(anamorph)
QLD – on living coral (Kendrick et al. 1982)
Torpedospora radiata Meyers
QLD – on driftwood, intertidal mangrove wood (Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Description – marinefungi.org
Tunicatispora australiensis K.D. Hyde
NSW, VIC – Intertidal mangrove wood (Hyde 1990)
SA – intertidal mangrove wood (Fryar et al. 2020)
Description – marinefungi.org
Verruculina enalia (Kohlm.) Kohlm. & Volkm.-Kohlm.
QLD, VIC – on intertidal wood (Kohlmeyer 1984, Hyde 1990, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
Description – marinefungi.org
Zalerion maritima (Linder) Anastasiou (anamorph)
NSW – on submerged timber (Jones et al. 1972)
Basidiomycetes
Bandonia marina (Uden & Zobell) A.M. Yurkov, X.Z. Liu, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (yeast)
QLD – cultured from sea water (Uden and Zobell 1962)
Halocyphina villosa Kohlm. & E. Kohlm.
VIC – on intertidal mangrove wood (Hyde 1990)
Nia vibrissa R.T. Moore & Meyers
NSW, QLD, SA, VIC – in sea foam and on intertidal wood of mangrove A. marina (Kohlmeyer 1983, Kohlmeyer and Volkmann-Kohlmeyer 1991)
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