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Foliicolous fungi of Silent ValleyHosagoudar & Rijucba12µmFigure 117. Acrodictys balladynaea - Conidiophores; b - ConidiabMaterials examined: 13.ii.2007 on the colonies ofEchidnodella memecyli Hosag. & Abraham on Memecylonsp. (Memecylaceae), Silent Valley, S.S. Shaji et al. TBGT5602.The genus DiplococciumDiplococcium atrovelutinum Braun & Hosag. inBraun, Hosagoudar and Abraham, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot.25: 284, 2001 (Fig. 118, Image 22).Colonies confined to spikelets, mostly dense, velvety,blackish, effuse. Mycelium immersed, occasionallypartly external, superficial. Hyphae septate, branched,pigmented, smooth. Conidiophores loosely to denselycaespitose, arising from internal hyphae, hyphalaggregations or occasionally from creeping, superficialhyphae erect, flexuous, filiform, frequently branched,200-500µm long and (3-) 4–7 (-10) µm wide, mediumto dark medium brown, apex pale brown to almostsubhyaline, smooth, wall somewhat thickened, tips sometimes slightly swollen. Conidiogenous cells integrated,terminal or intercalary, polytretic, (1-) 2 loci per cell,1.5–2 µm wide. Conidia solitary or in short chains,ellipsoid ovoid, subcylindric, fusiform, 8–23x4–7 µm, 0(-1) – septate, smooth, subhyaline, pale olivaceous toyellowish brown, thin-walled.Materials examined: 15.xii.2003 on leaves of Scleriasp. (Cyperaceae), Near IB, Sairandhri, V.B. Hosagoudar etal. HCIO 46310, TBGT 1956.a20µmFigure 118. Diplococcium atrovelutinuma - Fasciculate conidia; b - Conidiophores; c - ConidiaThe genus TeratospermaTeratosperma anacardii Hansf., Proc. Linn. Soc.London 1942-43: 54, 1943; Hosagoudar & Agarwal,Indian Phytopath. 56 (1): 100, 2003.Image 22. Diplococcium atrovelutinum-Infected spikeletsJournal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 05 March 2013 | 5(3): 3701–37883773