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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijuaabcdb6µmFigure 24. Meliola ancistrocladia - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Apical portion of themycelial setae; d - Ascosporescsp. (Melastomataceae), Silent Valley, Jayakumar etal. HCIO 50311, TBGT 4228; Poochipara, 25 July 2009,Jayakumar et al. HCIO 50313, TBGT 4230.Meliola allophyli-concanici Hosag. in Hosag., Raghu& Pillai, Nova Hedwigia 58: 535, 1994; Hosagoudar,Meliolales of India 2: 126, 1996 (Fig. 23).Colonies epiphyllous, scattered, dense, up to 2mm indiameter. Hyphae straight, branching opposite at acuteangles, loosely to closely reticulate, cells 15–22x9–11µm. Appressoria opposite, antrorse to subantrorse,rarely recurved, 18–22 µm long; stalk cells cuneate, 6–7µm long; head cells globose, rarely cylindrical, entire,12–15.5x12–14 µm. Phialides mixed with appressoria,alternate to opposite, ampulliform, 18-22 x 9-11 µm.Mycelial setae grouped around perithecia, simple,straight, acute, obtuse to dentate at the tip, up to 550µmlong. Perithecia scattered to loosely grouped, verrucose,up to 155µm in diam.; ascospores obovoidal, 4-septate,constricted, 37–40x15–18.5 µm.Material examined: 14.xii.2003 on leaves ofAllophyllus concanicus Radlk. (Sapindaceae), Champatty,V.B. Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 45768, TBGT 1517; on leavesof Allophyllus cobbe (L.) Rausch., Sairandhri, 13.xii.2003,V.B.Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 47344, TBGT 2382.Meliola ancistrocladi Hosag. in Hosag. &Goos,Mycotaxon 37: 218, 1990; Hosag., Meliolales of India, p.130, 1996 (Fig. 24).Colonies hypophyllous, rarely epiphyllous, dense, upto 10mm in diameter, confluent. Hyphae substraightto undulate, branching mostly oppositely at acute towide angles, loosely reticulate, cells 16–20x3–7 µm.Appressoria alternate to 10% opposite, straight tocurved, antrorse to spreading, 13–20 µm long; stalk cellscylindrical to cuneate, 3–7 µm long; head cells ovate toFigure 25. Meliola anodendricolaa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Apical portion of themycelial setae; d - Ascosporesglobose, entire, 10–13µm in diam. Phialides mixed withappressoria, opposite to alternate, ampulliform, 16–27x10–13 µm. Mycelial setae fairly numerous, equallyscattered, straight to flexuous, simple, acute to obtuseat the tip, up to 291µm long. Perithecia few, scattered,up to 165µm in diam.; ascospores obovate, constricted,33–36x13–15 µm.Material examined: 1.iii.2009 on leaves ofAncistrocladus heyneanus Wallich ex Graham(Ancistrocladaceae), Silent Valley, P.J. Robin et al. TBGT5597.Meliola anodendricola Hosag., J. Mycopathol. Res.44: 43, 2006. Meliola anodendri Sawada & Yamamotosensu Patil & Mahamul., Indian Phytopath. 52: 246, 1999(anodendrae) (Fig. 25).Colonies amphigenous, dense, velvety, up to 6mmin diam. Hyphae straight to substraight, branchingirregular at acute angles, loosely to closely reticulate,cells 24–28x8–10 µm. Appressoria alternate, antrorse,20–30 µm long; stalk cells cylindrical to cuneate, 8–12µm long; head cells ovate, clavate, mostly entire, angular,sublobate to lobate, 16–21x11–15 µm. Phialides mixedwith appressoria, alternate to opposite, ampulliform,16–25x6–8 µm. Mycelial setae numerous, simple,straight, curved, about 2% uncinate, acute at the tip,up to 450µm long. Perithecia scattered globose, upto 200µm in diameter; ascospores oblong, 4-septate,constricted, 48-52 x 19-21 µm.d3722Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–3788