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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijubrown, uniseptate, constricted at the septum, 27–30x13–15 µm , wall smooth.Material examined: 02.viii.2008 on leaves ofRhodomyrtustomentosa (Ait.) Hassk. (Myrtaceae),Walakkad, Sispara, Jacob Thomas et al. HCIO 49037,49038, TBGT 3291, 3292.Asterina sarcandrae Hosagoudar & Kamar. inHosagoudar, Zoos’ Print J. 21: 2305, 2006 (Fig. 97).Colonies hypophyllous, very thin, up to 5mm indiameter. Hyphae flexuous, branching irregular at acuteto wide angles, form a circularly angular and irregularnet, cells 16–21x4–7 µm. Appressoria scattered,alternate to irregular, two celled, antrorse, retrorse,spreading, straight to curved, 12–32 µm long; stalk cellscylindrical to cuneate, 3–7 µm long; head cells ovate,oblong, mostly curved, hamate, twisted, rarely straight,entire, angular to rarely sublobate, 10–26x6–10 µm.Thyriothecia scattered, orbicular, stellately dehisced atthe centre, up to 104µm in diameter, margin crenate;asci few, globose, octosporous, up to 30µm in diameter;ascospores conglobate, uniseptate, strongly constrictedbad10µm8µm8µm10µm7µmFigure 101. Asterina talacauverianaa - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - Ascosporesc10µm8µmad8µmat the septa, 20–22x7–9 µm, wall echinulate.Material examined: 13.ii.2007 on leaves of Sarcandrachloranthoides Gard. (Chloranthaceae), Silent Valley,M.C. Riju & V. Gireesh Kumar HCIO 51048, TBGT4965; Sairandhri, 02.iii.2010, Robin et al. TBGT 5598;13.xii.2003, V.B. Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 46347, TBGT1993.25µmbFigure 100. Asterina suttoniia - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Thyriothecium; c - Ascus;d - Ascospores10µmcAsterina scleropyri Hosagoudar & Chandra, Indian J.Sci. & Techn. 2(6):16, 2009 (Fig. 98).Colonies amphigenous, mostly epiphyllous, dense, upto 2mm in diameter, rarely confluent. Hyphae straight,branching mostly opposite at acute angles, loosely toclosely reticulate, cells 15–22x6–9 μm. Appressoriaunicellular, opposite (80%) to alternate (20%), ovate,conoid, attenuated and broadly rounded at the tip,entire, 8–18x6–9 μm. Thyriothecia loosely grouped at thecenter of the colony, orbicular, up to 210μm in diameter,stellately dehisced and the central portion dissolved byexposing inner contents, margin crenate; asci globose,octosporous, up to 30μm in diameter; ascosporesoblong, conglobate, brown, uniseptate, constricted atthe septum, 26–31x8–13 μm, wall smooth. PycnothyriaJournal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–37883759