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Foliicolous fungi <strong>of</strong> Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijudacac8µm10µmbdFigure 57. Meliola manoharacharyia - Appressoriate mycelium; b. Phialides; c - Apical portion <strong>of</strong> themycelial setae; d - AscosporesbFigure 56. Meliola malabarensisa - Appressoriate mycelium; b. Phialides; c - Apical portion <strong>of</strong> themycelial setae; d - Ascosporesµm. Mycelial setae simple, straight to slightly curved,acute to 1–3 times dentate at the tip, up to 1050µmlong. Perithecia scattered, varrucose, up to 163µm indiameter; ascospores cylindrical, 4-septate, constrictedat the septa, 50–53x20–23 µm.Materials examined: 01.viii.2008 on leaves <strong>of</strong>Myristica sp. (Myristicaceae), Silent Valley, M.C. Riju etal. HCIO 49198 (holotype), TBGT 3437 (isotype).Meliola palakkadensis Hosagoudar, D.K. Agarwal, H.Biju & Archana, Indian Phytopath. 60: 84, 2007 (Fig. 58).Colonies hypophyllous, sub-dense, velvety, upto 10mm in diameter, confluent. Hyphae straight toundulate, branching mostly opposite to irregular atwide angles, loosely reticulate, cells 18–24x6–8 µm.Appressoria alternate to unilateral, antrorse to subantrorse,straight to curved, 14–24 µm long; stalkcells cylindrical to cuneate, 4–7 µm long; head cellsglobose, ovate, slightly angular, entire, 9–18x8–13µm. Phialides mixed with appressoria, opposite tounilateral, ampulliform, 13–21x8–10 µm. Mycelialsetae numerous, scattered, straight, very few uncinate,simple, acute to obtuse at the tip, up to 700µm long.Perithecia globose, scattered, up to 265µm in diameter;ascospores obovoidal, 4-septate, constricted at thesepta, 40–48x16–21 µm.Material examined: 12.xii.2003 on leaves <strong>of</strong> Litseasp. (Lauraceae), Sairandhri, V.B. Hosagoudar et al. HCIO46140 (holotype), TBGT 1903 (isotype).Meliola paramignyae Hosagoudar, Indian Bot. Reptr.7: 58, 1988; Hosagoudaroudar, Meliolales <strong>of</strong> India, p.278, 1996 (Fig. 59).Colonies hypophyllous, crustose, thin, up to 4 mm indiam. Hyphae straight to substraight, branching oppositeat acute to wide angles, loosely to closely reticulate,<strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Threatened</strong> <strong>Taxa</strong> | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–37883737

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