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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijucurved, 36–42x14–18 µm.Material examined: 28.ii.2009 on leaves ofClerodendrum viscosum Vent. (Verbenaceae), SilentValley, S.S. Shaji et al. HCIO 49548, TBGT 3790.da10µmFigure 10. Asteridiella clerodendricolaa - Appressorium; b - Phialide; c - perithecial wall cells; d - AscosporesMeliolales of India 2: 82, 1996 (Fig. 10).Colonies amphigenous, mostly epiphyllous, dense,scattered, up to 10µm in diameter, rarely confluentand cause stretching of the surrounding leaf surfacewith a yellow; halo surrounding the spots. Hyphaestrongly appressed to the leaf surface, not easilyseparable, tortuous, branching alternate to oppositeat wide angles, strongly reticulate, cells 18–38x6–8µm. Appressoria alternate to unilateral, straight tocurved, antrorse to spreading, 22–30 µm long; stalkcells cylindrical to cuneate, 8–16 µm long; head cellsglobose, angulose, entire to sublobate, 14-16 x 12-16µm. Phialides few, mixed with appressoria, opposite toalternate, ampulliform, 20-22 x 8-10 µm. Peritheciamostly aggregated, up to 245µm in diam.; perithecialsurface cells irregularly protruded, 30–36 µm long;ascospores ellipsoidal, 4-septate, straight to slightlycbAsteridiella combreti (Stev.) Hansf. var. leonensisHansf., Sydowia Beih. 20: 160, 1961; Hosagoudar &Goos, Mycotaxon 36: 238, 1989, Hosagoudar, Meliolalesof India 2; 83, 1996 (Fig. 11).Colonies epiphyllous, subdense, up to 4mm indiameter, confluent. Hyphae substraight to slightlyundulate, branching alternate to opposite at wide angles,loosely reticulate, cells 20–34x6–8 µm. Appressoriaalternate, straight, antrorse, 20–26 µm long; stalk cellscylindrical to cuneate, 6–8 µm long; head cells globose,entire to angular, 12–18x12–16 µm. Phialides numerous,borne on a separate mycelial branch, opposite,ampulliform, 14–24x4–8 µm, tip occasionally twistedand bent variously. Perithecia scattered, verrucose, upto 170µm in diam.; perithecial cells mammiform, 8–10µm long; ascospores obovoidal, 4-septate, constricted,36–42x12–18 µm.Material examined: 13.ii.2007 on leaves ofCalycopteris florubunda (Roxb.) Poiret (Combretaceae),Nilakkal, P.J. Robin et al. TBGT 5721.Asteridiella crotonis-caudati Hosag., Riju & D.K.Agarwal, Indian Phytopath. 63: 76, 2010 (Fig. 12).Colonies amphigenous, thin, scattered, up to 6mmin diameter. Hyphae straight to flexuous, branchingalternate, opposite, unilateral at acute to wide angles,adc7µmbd10µmc9µmabFigure 11. Asteridiella combreti var. leonensisa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Ascospores;d - Perithecial cellsFigure 12. Asteridiella crotonis-caudatia - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Ascospores;d - Perithecial cells3716Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–3788