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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijuaa10µm7µmdcc9.5µmdbbFigure 93. Asterina oreocnidecolaa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - Ascospores12µm7.5µmFigure 94. Asterina oreocnidegenaa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - Ascosporesoften broad based, ovate, globose, entire, angular tosublobate, 7–15x7–10 µm. Thyriothecia scattered toconnate, ovate, up to 170µm in diam., margin crenate,stellately dehisced at the centre or the central portiondissolved by exposing the asci; asci globose, octosporous,37–50 µm in diam.; ascospores conglobate, brown,uniseptate, constricted at the septum, 25–32x12–17µm, wall echinulate.Material examined: 01.iii.2009 on leaves of Myristicasp. (Myristicaceae), Silent Valley, S.S. Shaji et al. TBGT5594.Asterina nothopegiae Ryan, Mem. Dept. Agric. India15: 104, 1928; Patil & Thite, J. Shivaji Univ. 17: 152, 1977;Bilgrami, Jamaluddin & Rizwi, Fungi of India p. 53, 1991;Hosagoudar, Balakr. & Goos, Mycotaxon 59: 182, 1996;Hosagoudar & Abraham, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 4: 559,2000; Hosagoudar, C. K. Biju & Abraham, J. Econ. Taxon.Bot. 25: 305, 2001; Hosagoudar, Zoos’ Print J. 18: 1280,2003; Hosagoudar, Zoos’ Print J. 21: 2328, 2006 (Fig. 92,Image 14).Colonies amphigenous, mostly epiphyllous, thin,up to 5mm in diameter, confluent. Hyphae straight,branching opposite at wide angles loosely reticulate,cells 9–22x3–5µm;. Appressoria alternate and about 40%opposite, unicellular, ovate, globose to conoid, entireto deeply and irregularly shallowly to deeply lobate,6–13x6–8µm; Thyriothecia scattered, round to slightlyovate, up to 155µm in diameter, dehiscing stellately atthe center, margin crenate to fimbriate, fringed hyphaeflexuous; asci many, globose to ovate, eight spored, 30–32x21–25 µm.Asterina oreocnidecola Hosagoudar, Balakr. & Goos,Mycotaxon 59: 183, 1996; Hosagoudar & Abraham, J.Econ. Taxon. Bot. 4: 585, 2000; Hosagoudar, Zoos’ PrintJ. 18: 1285, 2003; 21: 2328, 2006; Hosagoudar & H. Biju,J. Mycopathol. Res. 44: 42, 2006 (Fig. 93).Colonies amphigenous mostly epiphyllous, rarelyhypophyllous, up to 3mm in diameter, confluent, verythin, sometimes difficult to trace. Hyphae brown,straight to undulate, branching alternate to opposite3756Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–3788