Asterinales of India

Abstract

The new combination has effected here as Prillieuxina argyreiae based on Asterinella argyreiae. All the genera, species and infraspecific taxa are arranged alphabetically in the two families (Asterinaceae and Lembosiaceae). Individual taxa are dealt with in detail and supplemented with line drawings and or photomicrographs. Host and fungus indexes are provided.

Prillieuxina aeglicola sp. nov. (ascomycota), a new black mildew fungus from Himachal Pradesh, India

“…Schiffnerula girijae (Hosagoudar 2011;Gautam 2014) and Asterina delicatula (Hosagoudar 2012) were reported previously on A. marmelos. This is the first report of the genus Prillieuxina on the members of the family Rutaceae.…”

“…About 11 species of the genus Prillieuxina are known on the members of Gangagamyces (P. polyalthiae), Aquifoliaceae (P. aquifoliacearum) Clusiaceae (P. garciniae), Bheemamyces (P. argyreiae), Ebenaceae (P. diospyri), Elaegnaceae (P. elaegni), Menispermaceae (P. anamirtae), Myrsinaceae (P. ardisiae), Oleaceae (P. jasmine), Rubiaceae (P. ixorigena) and Sterculiaceae (P. pterigotae) (Hosagoudar 2012).…”

“…Number of plants namely Anamirta cocculus, Ardisia solancea, Argyereia sp., Diospyros malabaricus, Elaeagnus kologa, Garcinia imberti, Ilex denticulate, Ixora coccinea, Jasminum flexile, Polyalthia longifolia and Pterygota alata are reported to infect with black mildew caused by different species of Prillieuxina (Hosagoudar 2012;Hongsanan et al 2014). No species of Prillieuxina have been previously recorded on A. marmelos, and hence, it is accommodated as a new species.…”

Cirsosia humboldtigena sp. nov. (Lembosiaceae, Ascomycetes) on Humboldtia vahliana from Kerala, India

“…Cirsosia manaosensis, the type species of Cirsosia, was collected from the Amazonian forest in Brazil (Arnaud et al 1918). Cirsosia species are characterized by superficial hyphae with intercalary appressoria, the lirelliform or V-Y-shaped ascomata opening by a longitudinal fissure and 2-celled ascospores (Batista & Maia 1960, Bezerra 2004, Hosagoudar et al 2010, 2012. The specimens studied here were collected from different areas of the Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala State, India and yielded what is recognised as a novel taxon and a new host association for Cirsosia.…”

Towards a natural classification of Dothideomycetes 3: The genera Muellerites, Trematosphaeriopsis, Vizellopsis and Yoshinagella (Dothideomycetes incertae sedis)

“…We are in the process of studying genera of Dothideomycetes in order to provide a natural classification of this large class , Liu et al 2011, 2012, Wu et al 2011a, 2011b, 2012. These studies involved examination of type specimens of the genera, provision of modern descriptions and illustrations or photomicrographs and, wherever possible, linking to their asexual states, resulting with appropriate placement at the family and ordinal levels.…”