Meliola filicii Hosag. var. indica var. nov. (Fig.4)

Material examined

20.ii.2007, on leaves of Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.)Thw. (Sapindaceae),Ponmudi,Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, coll. G. R. Archana et al. HCIO 48168 (type), TBGT 2904 (isotype), (MycoBank # 518401).

Differt a var. filicii setae myceliales ad apicem denatae vel furcatae.

Colonies hypophyllous, dense, up to 2mm in diameter, confluent. Hyphae straight to substraight, branching opposite alternate at acute to wide angles,loosely to closely reticulate, cells 11-24 x 4-7 µm. Appressoria opposite alternate, antrorse, subantrorse to retrorse, 8-15 µm long; stalk cells cylindrical to cuneate, 2-6 µm long; head cells ovate, globose, entire to angular, straight to curved, 6-11 x 6-8 µm. Phialides few, mixed with appressoria, opposite to alternate, ampulliform, 9-16 x 4-7 µm. Mycelial setae simple, straight, acute, dentate to furcate at the tip, up to 350µm long. Perithecia scattered to grouped, up to 196µm in diameter; ascospores obovoidal, 4-septate, slightly constricted at the septa, 25-37 x 8-13 µm.

The new variety differs from the variety filicii in having only dentate to furcate apical tip of the mycelial setae (Hosagoudar 1996).