Grammothele

Circumscribed by mycologists Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1868, they considered the genus to combine the characteristics of Hymenogramme and Grandinia.^[1] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek words γραμμή ("line" or "written character") and θηλή ("nipple").^[2]

Grammothele originally contained four species: G. polygramma, G. grisea, G. mappa, and the type, G. lineata.^[1] Modern taxonomic opinion now considers the first three of these to be synonymous with the latter.^[3]

As of June 2017^[update], Index Fungorum accepts 19 species of Grammothele:^[4]

• Grammothele africana Ipulet & Ryvarden (2005) – Uganda
• Grammothele bambusicola Ryvarden (1984) – Nepal^[5]
• Grammothele boliviana Karasiński (2015) – Bolivia^[6]
• Grammothele brasilensis Ryvarden (2015)^[7] – Brazil
• Grammothele ceracea Rick (1938)
• Grammothele crocicreas (Ces.) Lloyd (1923)
• Grammothele crocistroma Lloyd (1924)^[8]
• Grammothele delicatula (Henn.) Ryvarden (1980) – China^[9]
• Grammothele denticulata Y.C.Dai & L.W.Zhou (2012)^[9] – China
• Grammothele effusoreflexa S.Banerjee (1936)^[10] – India
• Grammothele fuligo (Berk. & Broome) Ryvarden (1979)^[11]
• Grammothele glauca (Cooke) P.Roberts (2009)
• Grammothele hainanensis F.Wu & L.W.Zhou (2016)^[12] – China
• Grammothele lacticolor Ryvarden (2015)^[7] – Puerto Rico
• Grammothele lineata Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1868)
• Grammothele macrospora Ryvarden (1980)
• Grammothele ochracea Ryvarden (1982)^[13] – Thailand
• Grammothele pseudomappa P.H.B.Talbot (1951)^[14]
• Grammothele pulchella (Bres.) Ryvarden (1988)
• Grammothele quercina (Y.C.Dai) B.K.Cui & Hai J.Li (2013)^[15] – China
• Grammothele subargentea (Speg.) Rajchenb. (1983)
• Grammothele venezuelica Ryvarden (2015) – Venezuela^[7]