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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijuaa6µmdd7µmcbcb15µmFigure 76. Asterina combretia - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - Ascosporessmaller; pycnothyriospores brown, ovoid to pyriform,12–16x4–7 µm.Material examined: 13.xii.2003 on leaves of Cipadessabaccifera (Roth.) Miq. (Meliaceae), Sairandhri, V.B.Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 46038, TBGT 1801; 2.viii.2008,M.C. Riju et al. TBGT 5229 .Asterina claviflori Kar & Maity, Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc.54: 441, 1970; Hosagoudar & Abraham, J. Econ. Taxon.Bot. 4: 574, 2000; Hosagoudra, Zoos’ Print J. 18: 1283,2003; 21: 2326, 2006; Hosagoudar, Chandraprabha &Agarwal, Asterinales of Kerala, p.54, 2011 (Fig. 75, Image11).Colonies epiphyllous, dense, up to 2mm in diameter,confluent. Hyphae flexuous, branching alternate toirregular at acute to wide angles, loosely reticulate, cells25–32x4–8 µm. Appressoria alternate to unilateral,unicellular, ovate, oblong, cylindrical, antrorse toretrorse, straight to curved, entire, 9–18x6–8 µm.Thyriothecia scattered, rarely connate, orbicular, up to250µm in diameter, margin fimbriate, fringed hyphaeflexuous, stellately dehisced at the centre; asci fewto many, ovate to globose, octosporous, 30–45 µmin diameter; ascospores oblong, brown, conglobate,uniseptate, constricted, 14–18x11–13 µm, wall smoothto slightly verrucose.Material examined: 8.iii.2010 on leaves of Syzygiumsp. (Myrtaceae), Poochipara, P.J. Robin et al. TBGT 5162,Figure 77. Asterina cryptocariicolaa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - Ascospores5164; Walakkad, 12.iii.2008, P.J. Robin et al. TBGT 5166;Sairandhri, 13.vi.2007, Jacob Thomas et al. HCIO 48844,TBGT 3220;1.iii.2009, Shaji et al. HCIO 49558, TBGT 3800;3.iii.2009, Shaji et al. HCIO 49576, TBGT 3818;27.iv.2007,M. Harish et al. HCIO 49756, TBGT 3908; Sairandhri,13.xii.2003, V.B. Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 50009, TBGT4161; Pulippara, 13.ii.2007, M.C. Riju et al. TBGT 5019;Walakkad, 4.iii.2008, Robin et al. TBGT 5100.Asterina combreti Syd., Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 45: 264,1910; Hosagoudar & Abraham, Indian Phytopath. 51:389. 1998; Hosagoudar & Abraham, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot.4: 564, 2000; Hosagoudar, C.K. Biju & Abraham, J. Econ.Taxon. Bot. 25: 305, 2001; Hosagoudar, Zoos’ Print J.18: 1282, 2003; Hosagoudar & Appaiah, J. Mycopathol.Res. 43:172, 2005; Hosag., Zoos’ Print J. 21: 2326, 2006;Hosagoudar, Chandraprabha & Agarwal, Asterinales ofKerala, p.55, 2011 (Fig. 76).Colonies epiphyllous, dense, crustose to velvety,up to 5mm in diameter, confluent. Hyphae flexuousto rarely crooked, branching irregular at acute towide angles, loosely reticulate, cells 9–13x1.5–2 µm.Appressoria alternate, two celled, distantly placed,mostly perpendicular to the hyphae, 6–20 µm long; stalkcells cylindrical to cuneate, 3 November 5µm long; headcells oval, globose, irregularly angular to sublobate,straight to uncinate, 4–6.5x7–9 µm. Thyriotheciascattered, orbicular, up to 100µm in diameter, stellatelydehisced at the centre, margin mostly crenate, rarelyfimbriate, fringed hyphae flexuous; asci globose,3746Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–3788