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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijusmooth.Material examined: 2.iii.2009 on leaves of Loranthussp. (Loranthaceae), Silent Valley, Jayakumar et al. HCIO49850, TBGT 4002; Onnampuzha, Walakkad, 02.viii.2008,Jacob Thomas et al. HCIO 49041, TBGT 3296.abFigure 80. Asterina elaeocarpicolaa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - AscosporesImage 12. Asterina elaeocarpicola - Infectionpattern10µm13 µm; wall glabrous to minutely echinulate. Pycnothyriasimilar to thyriothecia, smaller; Pycnothyriospores few,globose to pyriform, brown, 16–18x12–18 µm, wallcdAsterina elaeocarpi Syd. var. ovalis Kar & Maity, IndianPhytopath. 39: 218, 1986; Hosagoudar, Balakrishnan& Goos, Mycotaxon 60: 175, 1996; Hosagoudar &Abraham, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 4: 566, 2000; Hosagoudar,C.K. Biju & Abraham, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 25: 305, 2001;Hosagoudar, Zoos’ Print J. 18: 1282, 2003; Hosagoudar,Zoos’ Print J. 21: 2326, 2006; Hosagoudar, H. Biju &Appaiah, J. Mycopathol. Res. 44: 7, 2006; Hosagoudar &H. Biju, J. Mycopathol. Res. 44: 41, 2006. Hosag. J. Appl.& Nat. Sci. 1(1): 29, 2009; Hosagoudar, Chandraprabha &Agarwal, Asterinales of Kerala, p. 68, 2011 (Fig. 79).Colonies epiphyllous, thin to subdense, up to 2mm indiameter, confluent and cover the entire upper surfaceof the leaves. Hyphae straight to substraight, branchingalternate to opposite at acute to wide angles, looselyreticulate, cells 8–13x3–4µm. Appressoria alternate,opposite to subopposite, ovate to oblong, long,elongated, unicellular, entire, 4–24x4–5 µm. Thyriotheciascattered to connate, orbicular, up to 160µm in diameter,stellately dehisced at the centre, crenate to fimbriate atthe margin, fringed hyphae flexuous; asci few to many,globose to ovate, octosporous, 35–45 µm in diameter;ascospores oblong, conglobate, deep brown, uniseptate,constricted at the septum, 22–24x9–13 µm, wall coarselyechinulate.Material examined: 13.xii.2003 on leaves ofElaeocarpus tuberculatus Roxb. (Elaeocarpaceae),Sairandhri, V.B. Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 45772, TBGT1521; 02.iii.2009, P.P. Rajesh Kumar et al. HCIO 49828,TBGT 3980; 02.viii.2008, P.P. Rajesh Kumar et al. HCIO49830, TBGT 3982; 30.vii.2009, Jayakumar et al. HCIO49859, TBGT 4011; 28.vii.2009, Jayakumar et al. HCIO49867, TBGT 4019; Sairandhri, Silent Valley, Kerala,13.xii.2003, V.B. Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 46062, TBGT1825; Silent Valley, 02.iii.2009, HCIO 50619, TBGT 4536;Walakkad, 06.viii.2008, M.C. Riju et al. TBGT 5239;13.ii.2007, M.C. Riju et al. TBGT 5629.Asterina elaeocarpicola Hansf., Reinwardia 3: 131,1954; Hosagoudar & Goos, Mycotaxon 59:154, 1996;Hosagoudar & Abraham, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 4: 566, 2000;Hosagoudar, Zoos’ Print J. 18: 1282, 2003; 21: 2327, 2006;Hosagoudar, H. Biju & Appaiah, J. Mycopathol. Res. 44:7, 2006; Hosagoudar J. Appl. & Nat. Sci. 1(1); 29, 2009;Hosagoudar, Chandraprabha & Agarwal, Asterinales of3748Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–3788