New taxa of Mycovellosiella parasitising forest plants of the Indian subcontinent

Abstract

Four new taxa of Mycovellosiella Rangel, M. antidesmatis sp. nov., M.eupatorii-odorati (Yen) Yen var. asteracearum var. nov., M.lantanae (Chupp) Deighton var. verbenacearum var. nov. and M.moghamiae sp. nov., collected on Antidesma ghissambila (Stilaginaceae), Eupatorium sp. (Asteraceae), Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) and Moghamia prostrata (Fabaceae), respectively, are described, illustrated and compared with allied taxa.

New species of Passalora (cercosporoid hyphomycete) from Western Ghats, India.

“…No species of Passalora have so far been described from Peltophorum. However, 13 species have to date been reported from Fabaceae (Braun 1993, Bhalla and Singh 1996, Bhalla et al 1999, Crous and Braun 2003. The present collection is morphologically comparable with Passalora gliricidiae (Syd.…”

“…is a well-established anamorphic genus widely distributed throughout the world. Species of Passalora occur on many plant hosts, where they cause various leaf spots (Bhalla et al 1999, Crous and Braun 2003, Beilharz et al 2004, Arzanlou et al 2008. Most species of Passalora are foliicolous in nature and distinguished by producing dematiaceous conidiophores and phragmosporous conidia with conspicuous conidial scars and conidial hila.…”