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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijud6.6µmbaalternate to opposite, ampulliform, 15–22x6–9.5 µm.Mycelial setae evenly scattered over the colonies,straight, simple, acute to obtuse at the tip, up to 510µmlong. Perithecia scattered, verrucose, up to 175µm indiam.; ascospores obovoidal to cylindrical, 4-septate,slightly constricted, 40–45x12–16 µm.Material examined: 12.xii.2003, on leaves ofNephelium sp. (Sapindaceae), Sairandhri, V.B.Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 47717, TBGT 2739.Figure 63. Meliola sairandhrianaa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Apical portion of themycelial setae; d - Ascosporesacbd8µmFigure 64. Meliola salaciicolaa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Apical portion of themycelial setae; d - AscosporescMeliola silentvalleyensis Hosag., J. Mycopathol. Res.44: 45, 2006 (Fig. 66).Colonies amphigenous, mostly epiphyllous, dense,crustose to velvety, up to 5mm in diameter, correspondingopposite surface of the showed water soaked lesion.Hyphae straight to flexuous, branching mostly oppositeat acute angles, loosely to closely reticulate, cells19–24x–6–8 µm. Appressoria alternate, antrorse toclosely antrorse, 22–26 µm long; stalk cells cylindrical tocuneate, 4–8 µm long; head cells ovate, oblong, broadlyrounded to often attenuated at the apex, entire, rarelyangular to sublobate, 16–18x12–14 µm. Phialides borneon a separate mycelial branch, alternate to opposite,ampulliform, 16–23x7–9 µm. Mycelial setae few, simple,straight, acute to obtuse at the tip, up to 350µm long.Perithecia loosely grouped at the centre of the colonies,up to 175µm in diam.; ascospores oblong to cylindrical,4- septate, constricted at the septa, 40–44x18–20 µm.Materials examined: 12.xii.2003 on leaves ofMeliaceae member, Sairandhri, near Kunthipuzha, V.B.Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 45764 (holotype), TBGT 1513(isotype).Material examined: 13.xii.2003 on leaves of Salaciasp. (Hippocrataceae), Sairandhri, V.B. Hosagoudar et al.HCIO 46307 (holotype), TBGT 1953 (isotype).Meliola serjaniae Stev. var. major Hansf., Sydowia9: 49, 1955; Beih. 2: 444, 1961; Hosagoudar et al.,Mycotaxon 51: 114, 1994; Hosagoudar, Meliolales ofIndia, p. 309, 1996 (Fig. 65).Colonies epiphyllous, dense, velvety, up to 5mm indiameter. Hyphae straight to substraight, branchingmostly opposite at wide angles, loosely reticulate, cells24–32.5x6–9.5 µm. Appressoria alternate, about 1%opposite, antrorse to subantrorse, straight to curved,18–25 µm long; stalk cells cylindrical to cuneate, 6–9.5µm long; head cells ovoid, clavate, entire to angular,12–15.5x9–15.5 µm. Phialides mixed with appressoria,ab7µmFigure 65.Meliola serjaniae var. majora - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Apical portion of themycelial setae; d - Ascosporesdc3740Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–3788