Original paper
Meliolaceae of Kerala, India - XV
Biju, C.K. Hosagoudar

Nova Hedwigia Band 80 Heft 3-4 (2005), p. 465 - 502
published: May 1, 2005
DOI: 10.1127/0029-5035/2005/0080-0465
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Abstract
An account of meliolaceous fungi collected from the montane forests of Munnar and Wyanad in Kerala state is given. A new genus, Basavamyces, and 30 new species are introduced, namely Amazonia gordoniicola, A. vaccinii; Appendiculella gaultheriae, A. shettyi, A. vacciniorum, A. vivekananthanii; Armatella actinodaphnes, A. apolloniadis, A. caulicola; Asteridiella gaultheriae, A. glycosmidis, A. wyanadensis; Basavamyces litseae; Irenopsis gordoniae; Meliola actephilae, M. banasuranii, M. glanduliferae. M. hydei, M. knoxiicola, M. ligustricola, M. neanotidis, M. rajamalaënsis, M. ravii, M. strobilanthicola, M. suttonii, M. teramnicola, M. themedicola, M. vittalii, M. vivekananthanii, and Prataprajella rubi. New varieties are: Amazonia psychotriae var. macrospora, Asteridiella cyclopoda var. vernoniae, A. entebbeënsis var. glochidii, A. triloba var. momordicae; Meliola cadigensis var. toddaliae, M. groteana var. maesae, M. henryi var. oldenlandiae, M. jasmini var. microspora, M. memcyli var. microspora and M. oldenlandiae var. indica.
Keywords
new genus • new species • new varieties • kerala • india • foliicolous ascomycetes