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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & RijuKerala, p. 67, 2011 (Fig. 80, Image 12).Colonies amphigenous, mostly hypophyllous,subdense, up to 3mm in diameter, confluent and coverthe entire lower surface of the leaves. Hyphae sinuousto crooked, branching irregular at acute angles, looselyreticulate, cells 15–19x3–5µm. Appressoria mostlyunicellular, mostly alternate, rarely opposite, cylindrical,straight, flexuous, mostly uncinate irregularly, rarelyforked, 9–19x3–5 µm. Thyriothecia closely scatteredand often connate, orbicular, up to 186µm in diametermargin crenate, rarely fimbriate, dehisce stellately atthe center; asci many, octosporous, globose, 40–44 µmin diameter; ascospores conglobate, brown, 1- septate,24–28x9–13 µm.Material examined: 05.xi.2009 on leaves ofElaeocarpus munronii (Wight) Masters (Elaeocarpaceae),Silent valley, S.S. Shaji et al. TBGT 5605; Elaeocarpus sp.,Cheriya Walakkad, 02.viii.2008, Jacob Thomas et al. HCIO49234, TBGT 3473; Silent Valley, 01.iii.2009, S.S. Shajiet al. HCIO 49557, TBGT 3799; 01.viii.2008, P.P. RajeshKumar et al. HCIO 49801, TBGT 3953.Asterina erysiphoides Kalch. & Cooke, Grevillea 9:32, 1880; emend. Doidge, Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa8: 256, 1920; Hansford & Thirumalachar, Farlowia3: 306, 1948; Hosagoudar, Balakrishnan & Goos,Mycotaxon 59: 175, 1996; Hosagoudar & Abraham, J.Econ. Taxon. Bot. 4: 577, 2000; Hosagoudar, Zoos’ PrintJ. 18: 1284, 2003; 21: 2327, 2006; Hosagoudar, H. Biju &Appaiah, J. Mycopathol. Res. 44: 7, 2006; Hosagoudar,Chandraprabha & Agarwal, Asterinales of Kerala, p. 72,2011 (Fig. 81).Colonies epiphyllous, dense, up to 2mm in diameter,rarely confluent. Hyphae flexuous to crooked, branchingmostly opposite at acute angles, loosely to closelyreticulate, cells 18–25x2–5 µm. Appressoria oppositeand alternate, antrorse to reflexed, straight to variouslycurved, 15–20 long; stalk cells cylindrical to cuneate, 4–13µm long; head cells straight to curved, entire to lobate,6–11x7–10 µm. Thyriothecia numerous, scattered,often confluent, initially closed, stellately dehisced ataac10µmdb30µmdc12µm10µmFigure 81. Asterina erysiphoidesa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - AscosporesbFigure 82. Asterina erythropalicolaa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - AscosporesJournal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–37883749