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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijubaa14µmdc12µmFigure 68. Meliola wendlandiaea - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Apical portion of themycelial setae; d - Ascosporesdb10µmcFigure 70. Asterina acronychiaea - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - AscosporesabThe genus Prataprajellac7µmFigure 69. Prataprajella turpiniicolaa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Phialides; c - Repent perithecialsetae; d - AscosporesdPrataprajella turpiniicola (Hosag.) Hosag., NovaHedwigia 55: 225, 1992; Hosagoudar, Meliolales of India,p. 343, 1996 (Fig. 69).Asteridiella turpinnicola Hosag. in Hosagoudar &Goos, Mycotaxon 36: 341, 1989.Colonies amphigenous, mostly hypophyllous, dense,up to 3mm in diameter. Hyphae straight to substraight,branching alternate to opposite at wide angles, looselyto closely reticulate and form an a solid mycelial mat,cells 16–32x8–12 µm. Appressoria alternate, spreading,antrorse, 26–30 µm long; stalk cells cylindrical to cuneate,6–10 µm long; head cells globose, stellately sublobateto lobate, 18–20x16–24 µm. Phialides few, mixed withappressoria, alternate to opposite, ampulliform, 20–24x8–10 µm. Mycelial setae larviform, wavy, goldenbrown, simple, spreading, up to 196µm long and 7–8µm wide, tip obtuse, simple, twisted, few appendageseven longer than 1000µm long; perithecia scattered togrouped, globose, up to 360µm in diameter. Perithecialappendages larviform, straight to curved, twisted,acute to obtuse at the tip, up to 45µm long; ascospores3742Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–3788