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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijua7µmb15µmcd11µm 10µmImage 14. Asterina nothopegiae1 - Appressoriate mycelium; 2 - Thyriothecium; 3 - Ascus;4 - AscosporesFigure 92. Asterina nothopegiaea - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - Ascosporesbased, mammiform, globose, entire, angular, crenatelylobate to slightly lobate, 11–13x11–15 µm. Thyriotheciascattered, orbicular, up to 441µm in diameter; crenateat margin, irregularly dehisce at the centre; asci few,globose to ovate, octosporous, 56–62 µm in diameter;ascospores brown, conglobate, uniseptate, constrictedat the septum, taper at both the ends, 38–42x14–16µm.Material examined: 03.iii.2009 on leaves ofMemecylon sp. (Melastomataceae), Silent Valley, S.S.Shaji et al. HCIO 50600, TBGT 4517; 04.viii.2008, M.C.Riju et al. TBGT 5033; Silent Valley, 07.iii.2009, S.S. Shajiet al. TBGT 5587; Silent Valley National Park, Palghat,13.ii.2007, S.S. Shaji et al. TBGT 5602.Asterina microtropidicola Hosagoudar & C. K. Bijuin Hosagoudar, C.K. Biju, Abraham & Agarwal, IndianPhytopath. 55: 499, 2002; Hosagoudar, Zoos’ Print J. 21:2328, 2006.Colonies amphigenous, dense, velvety, up to 5mmin diameter, rarely confluent. Hyphae straight, rarelysubstraight to slightly flexuous, branching irregular atacute angles, loosely to closely reticulate, cells 12–20x3–5 µm. Appressoria unicellular, alternate, about 30%opposite, straight to slightly curved, conoid, attenuatedand broadly rounded at the apex, entire, 11–20x6–8µm. Thyriothecia closely scattered, often connate,orbicular, up to 125µm in diameter, mostly crenate atthe margin, stellately dehisced and widely opened at thecentre; asci many, octosporous, globose, up to 40µm indiameter; ascospores oblong, conglobate, uniseptate,deeply constricted at the septum, 30–34x14–16 µm,wall smooth.Material examined: 13.xii.2003 on leaves ofPleurostylia sp. (Celastraceae), Sairandhri, V.B.Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 46379, TBGT 2025.Asterina myristicacearum Hosagoudar & Sabeena, J.Threatened Taxa 3: 2144, 1911 (Fig. 91).Colonies epiphyllous, subdense, up to 3mm indiameter. Hyphae straight to substraight, branchingopposite to unilateral at acute to wide angles, looselyreticulate, cells 17–47x2–5 µm. Appressoria oftencrowded, alternate, opposite to subopposite, unicellular,Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–37883755