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Foliicolous fungi of Silent Valley1-septate, constricted at the septum, 18–20x9–10 µm,wall verrucose.Material examined: 14.ii.2007 on leaves of Thotteasp. (Aristolochiaceae), Silent Valley, M.C. Riju et al. TBGT5506, 5508.Asterina toddaliae Kar & Ghosh, Indian Phytopath.39: 210, 1986; Hosagoudar & Goos, Mycotaxon 52: 470,1994; Hosagoudar & Abraham, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 4:581, 2000; Hosagoudar, Zoos’ Print J. 18: 1284, 2003; 21:2329, 2006 (Fig. 103).Colonies epiphyllous, thin to subdense, up to 4mmin diam., rarely confluent. Hyphae straight to flexuous.Branching irregular at acute to wide angles, loosely toclosely reticulate, cells 19–32x4–6 µm. Appressoriaalternate to unilateral, unicellular, antrorse, retrorse,straight, flexuous to curved, ovate, oblong, cylindrical,broadly rounded at the tip, 11–18x4–6 µm. ThyriotheciaHosagoudar & Rijuscattered, orbicular, up to 195µm in diam., stellatelydehisced at the centre, margin fimbriate, fringedHyphae small, crooked; asci globose, 8 spored, up to40µm in diam.; ascospores oblong, brown, uniseptate,constricted at the septum, 27–30x10–12 µm, margintubercled.Material examined: 04.vii.2008 on leaves of Toddaliasp. (Rutaceae), Silent Valley, Jacob Thomas et al. HCIO49823, TBGT 3975.Asterina travancorensis Syd. & P. Syd., Ann. Mycol.13: 38, 1915; Hosagoudar & Goos, Mycotaxon 69: 160,1996 (Fig. 104).Colonies foliicolous, epiphyllous, often surrounded byyellow haloes, scattered, dense, crustose to velvety, upto 2mm in diameter, rarely confluent. Hyphae straight toflexuous, branching opposite to irregular at acute angles,loosely reticulate, cells 18–25x5–7 µm. Appressoria oneto two celled, alternate, about 1% opposite, antrorseto spreading, straight to curved, 12–25 µm long; stalkcells cylindrical to cuneate, 3–19 µm long; head cellsovate, globose, entire to sublobate, 6–10x6–13 µm.Thyriothecia scattered to connate up to five numbers,round, up to 110µm in diameter, dehisce stellately atthe apex, upper cell radiating, margin crenate; asciglobose, octosporous, bitunicate, 27–31 µm in diameter;ascospores conglobate, one septate, upper cell slightlylarger, 21–25x9–13 µm, wall smooth.Material examined: 05.viii.2008 on leaves ofca13µm5µmdeb6.5µmImage 15. Eupelte emicta1 - Infected leaves; 2 & 3 - Thyriothecia; 4 & 6 - Conidiophores andreleasing conidium: 5 - Thyriothecium with asci; 7 - Conidia; 8 - Fungalmycelium in epidermal cellsFigure 106. Prillieuxina jasminia - Thyriothecium; b - Ascus; c - Mycelium; d - Ascospores;e - Pycnothyriospores3762Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–3788