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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijubbdda7µmd8µmcaFigure 42. Meliola eugeniae-jamboloidisa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Apical portion of themycelial setae; d - AscosporesFigure 43. Meliola flemingiicolaa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Apical portion of themycelial setae; d - AscosporescMeliola flemingiicola Hosagoudar, Jose & H. Biju inHosagoudar, J. Mycopathol. Res. 43: 26, 2005 (Fig. 43).Colonies epiphyllous, dense, crustose to velvety,scattered, up to 2mm in diameter, rarely confluent.Hyphae substraight to flexuous, branching irregularat acute to wide angles, loosely to closely reticulate,cells 17–28x6–8 μm. Appressoria alternate, about 20%opposite, antrorse, subantrorse to rarely recurved, 12–16 μm long; stalk cells cylindrical to cuneate, 3–7 μmlong; head cells globose, entire, rarely truncate at theapex, 9–11x10–12 μm. Phialides mixed with appressoria,alternate to opposite, ampulliform, 14–21x8–10 μm.Mycelial setae scattered to grouped around perithecia,simple, straight, obtuse, dentate to cristate at the apex,up to 441μm long. Perithecia scattered to looselygrouped, globose, up to 140μm in diameter; ascosporesoblong to cylindrical, 4-septate, slightly constricted atthe septa, 33–36x11–13 μm.Materials examined: 14.xii.2003, Champatty, onleaves of Flemingiasp. (Fabaceae), V.B. Hosagoudar et al.TBGT 1696, HCIO 46190; TBGT 1602, HCIO 45934.Meliola garciniae Yates, Philippine J. Sci. 13: 369,1918; Hansf., Sydowia Beih. 2: 167, 1961; Hosagoudar,Meliolales of India, p. 201, 1996.Meliola kydiae Sacc., Bull. Ort. Bot. Nepoli 6: 13,1921 (Fig. 44, Image 8).Colonies epiphyllous, dense, crustose to slightlyvelvety, up to 5mm in diameter, confluent. Hyphaestraight to substraight, branching opposite to alternateat wide angles, loosely reticulate, cells 21–25x6–8µm. Appressoria alternate, straight to curved, mostlyantrorse, 15–25 µm long; stalk cells cuneate, 3–9.5µm long; head cells ovate, globose, cylindrical, entireto slightly angular, 12–18.5x12–15.5 µm. Phialidesnumerous, mixed with appressoria, alternate toopposite, conoid to ampulliform, 18–25x9–12.5 µm.Mycelial setae numerous, simple, straight, acute at theapex, up to 800µm long. Perithecia scattered, verrucose,up to 155µm in diam.; ascospores obovoidal, 4-septate,slightly constricted at the septa, very rarely middle cellslarger, 46–50x12–22 µm.Material examined: 29.vii.2008 on leaves of Gardneriaovata Wall. (Periplocaceae), Silent Valley, Jacob et al.HCIO 50370, TBGT 4287.Meliola gemellipoda Doidge, Bothalia 1: 80, 1920;bad8µmFigure 44. Meliola garciniaea - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Apical portion of themycelial setae; d - Ascosporesc3730Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–3788