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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijua6µme16µmbc8µm 7µmFigure 107. Balladyna salaciaea - Appressoriate mycelium; b - Apical portion of the mycelial setae;c - Perithecium; d - Ascospores; e - AscusdHosagoudar, Chandraprabha & Agarwal, Asterinales ofKerala, p. 179, 2011 (Fig. 106).Colonies hypophyllous, thin to subdense,carbonaceous, confluent and cover most of the leafportion. Hyphae straight to substraight, branchingirregular at acute angles, loosely reticulate, cells 9.5–14.5x2.5–3.5 µm. Appressoria absent. Thyriotheciascattered, round, up to 120µm in diameter, stellatelydehisced at the centre or diffused and widely opened,margin fimbriate, fringed hyphae flexuous; asci few,globose to ovate, octosporous, 41–46x29–34 urn;ascospores conglobate, brown, 1-septate, constrictedat the septum, 20–22x9–10 µm, upper cell globose,lower cell ovate, wall smooth. Pycnothyria numerous,scattered to rarely connate, orbicular, up to 75µm indiameter, stellately dehisced or widely opened at thecentre, margin fimbriate, fringed hyphae flexuous;Pycnothyriospores brown, clavate, apiculate, 17–20x12–15 µm.Material examined: 02.iii.2009 on leaves of Jasminumsp. (Oleaceae), Silent Valley National Park, Kerala, RajeshKumar et al. HCIO 49827, TBGT 3979Image 17. Balladyna salaciae1 - Infected leaves; 2 - Mycelial colony with perithecia; 3 -Appressoriate branched mycelium; 4 - Mycelial setae; 5 - Stalkedperithecium; 6 & 9 - Asci; 10 & 11 - Brown uniseptate ascospores.ad5µmb7µmc6µm6µmFigure 108. Dysrhynchis uncinatac - Apical portion of the mycelial setae; b - Perithecium; c - Ascus;d - Ascospores; e - Myceliume3764Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–3788