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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijua6.4µma9µmdbc7.5µm8µm11µm5.2µm6.8µmdFigure 97. Asterina sarcandraea - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - AscosporesZoos’ Print J. 21: 2328, 2006 (Fig. 95).Colonies amphigenous, subdense to dense, up to4mm in diameter, rarely confluent. Hyphae undulateto crooked, branching alternate to unilateral at acuteangles, loosely to closely reticulate, cells 17–23x4–6µm. Appressoria alternate, unilateral, two celled,straight to variously curved, smooth to variously bulged,entire to lobate, 5–10 µm long; head cells clavate,ovate, cylindrical, hamate, straight to curved, 3–7 timessublobate to lobate, 7–13x11–13 µm. Thyriotheciascattered, orbicular, up to 150µm in diameter, stellatelydehisced at the center, margin fringed, fringed hyphaeflexuous, exappressoriate; asci globose, octosporous,22–33 µm in diameter; ascospores oblong, cylindrical,brown, uniseptate, strongly constricted at the septum,20–25x10–13 µm, wall echinulate.Material examined: 03.iii.2009 on leaves of Jasminumsp. (Oleaceae), Walakkad, S.S. Shaji et al. TBGT 5560.Asterina rhodomyrti Hosagoudar, H. Biju & Manoj. inHosagoudar, Zoos’ Print J. 21: 2335, 2006 (Fig. 96).Colonies amphigenous, mostly epiphyllous, dense,crustose to velvety, up to 2mm in diameter, rarelyconfluent. Hyphae straight to substraight, branchingirregular at acute angles, loosely to closely reticulate,cells 19–26x4–7 µm. Appressoria alternate, about 2%opposite, closely antrorse, subantrorse to retrorse, twocelled, 12–15 µm long; stalk cells cylindrical to cuneate,3–7 µm long; head cells ovate to globose, entire, 8–10x8–9 µm. Thyriothecia scattered, orbicular, up to 275µmin diameter, often 3–5 connate, and often elongated,margin crenate, stellately dehisced or dissolved at thecentre; asci few to many, globose, octosporous, up to60µm in diameter; ascospores oblong, conglobate,5µmFigure 98. Asterina scleropyria - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - Ascosporesabb8µmd4.2µm8µmFigure 99. Asterina songiia - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - Ascosporescc17µm8µm3758Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–3788