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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijuaac6µm10µmbcFigure 1. Amazonia elaeocarpia - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Ascosporesalternate, opposite to unilateral, 9–26x6–10 µm.Perithecia flattened-globose, scattered, up to 130µm indiameter; ascospores obovoidal, 4-septate, constrictedat the septa, 41–48x14–19 µm.Material examined: 12.xii.2003, on leaves ofElaeocarpus munronii (Wight) Mast. (Elaeocarpaceae),Sairandhri, coll. V.B. Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 46372(holotype), TBGT 2018 (isotype).Amazonia gouaniae Hosag. & Braun, Crypt. Bot. 1:56, 1989; Hosag., Meliolales of India, p. 69, 1996 (Fig.2).Colonies epiphyllous, subdense, up to 2mm indiam. Hyphae straight to undulate, branching oppositeto irregular at acute angles, loosely reticulate, cells27–30x7–10 µm. Appressoria alternate, straight tocurved, antrorse to spreading, 18–25 µm long; stalkcells cylindrical to cuneate, 6–10 µm long; head cellsovate, globose, entire, 12–16 µm. Phialides mixed withappressoria, opposite to alternate, ampulliform, 15–19x9–13 µm. Perithecia scattered, flattened-globose,up to 161µm in diam.; ascospores obovoidal, 4-septate,constricted, 31–40x12–15 µm.Materials examined: 12.xii.2003, on leaves of Guoaniasp. (Rhamnaceae), Sairandhri, coll. V.B. Hosagoudar etal. HCIO 46344, TBGT 1990; HCIO 46342, TBGT 1988.Amazonia peregrina Syd. & P. Syd., Ann. Mycol.15: 238, 1917; Hansford, Sydowia Beih. 2:507, 1961;Hosag. & Goos, Mycotaxon 36: 236, 1989; 42:126, 1991;Hosagoudar, Meliolales of India, p.74; 1996Meliola peregrina Syd. & P. Syd, Philippine J. Sci. 8:479, 1913 (Fig. 3).Colonies amphigenous, mostly hypophyllous,crustose, up to 2mm in diameter, confluent. HyphaeFigure 2. Amazonia gouaniaea - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Ascosporesab10µmFigure 3. Amazonia peregrinaa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Ascosporesdiameterstraight to undulating, branching alternate to oppositeat acute angles, closely reticulate, forming solid mycelialmat and impart thalloid appearance, cells 13–16.6x6–8µm. Appressoria alternate to unilateral, very closelyarranged, antrorse, straight to curved, 13–16.5 µm long;stalk cells cuneate, 3.5–5 µm long; head cells globose,entire, 10–13 x10–11.5 µm. Phialides mixed withappressoria, alternate, ampulliform, 13–16.5x6.5–8µm. Perithecia mostly aggregated, flattened–globose,glabrous, black, up to 281µm in diam.; ascosporescylindrical to obovoidal, 4-septate, constricted, 36–43x13–16 µm.Materials examined: 12.ii.2007 on leaves of Maesaindica (Roxb.) DC. (Myrsinaceae), Poochipara, coll. M.C.Riju et al. TBGT 5018; 31.vii. 2008, Poochipara, M.C. Rijuet al. TBGT 5149; 26.ii.2009, Silent Valley, coll. S.S. Shajibc3712Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–3788