New species of genus Asterina (Asterinaceae) from Western Ghats, India

Authors

  • Bhise MR Post Graduate Centre of Botany, Krishna Mahavidhyalaya, Shivnagar, Rethare (BK.), Dist. Satara–415108, Maharashtra, India.
  • Patil CR Department of Botany, Dattajirao Kadam Arts, Science and Commerce College, Ichalkaranji, Dist. Kolhapur – 416115, Maharashtra, India.
  • Salunkhe CB Post Graduate Centre of Botany, Krishna Mahavidhyalaya, Shivnagar, Rethare (BK.), Dist. Satara–415108, Maharashtra, India.

Keywords:

Black mildews, fungi, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra, taxonomy

Abstract

The present paper deals with three new species of genus Asterina (Asterinaceae) belonging to black mildew fungi, collected on rarely occurring host plants from Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra, India. These are, Asterina beilschmiediae sp. nov. on Beilschmiedia dalzellii, A. hosagoudarii sp. nov. on Litsea josephii and A. oxyceri sp. nov. on Oxyceros rugulosus. The detail morphological description, colour photographs, line drawings and discussions of these newly described species are provided in this paper.

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References

Bhise MR, Patil CR and Salunkhe CB (2014) Three new black mildew fungi from Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra, India, Int. J. of Life Sciences, 2(4):304–310. Deshpande S, Sharma BD and Nayar MP (1995) Flora of Mahabaleshwar and Adjoining’s, Maharashtra. vols. I & II, Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta, pp.776 Farr DF and Rossman AY (2014) Fungal Databases, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. Retrieved Oct. 26, 2014, from http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/ Hofmann TA and Piepenbring M (2008) New species and records of Asterina from Panama. Mycological Progress 7: 87–98. Hosagoudar VB (2012) Asterinales of India. Mycosphere 2(5): 617–852, Doi10.5943/mycosphere/3/5/9 Hosagoudar VB and Abraham TK (2000) A list of Asterina Lev. species based on the literature. Journal of Economic & Taxonomic Botany 24: 557–587. Stevens FL and Ryan MH (1939) The Microthyriaceae. Illinois Biological Monographs, pp.17, 138.

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Published

2015-03-30

How to Cite

Bhise MR, Patil CR, & Salunkhe CB. (2015). New species of genus Asterina (Asterinaceae) from Western Ghats, India. International Journal of Life Sciences, 3(1), 67–75. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/1210