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Foliicolous fungi from the Achankovil 

forests in Kollam District of Kerala State, 

India 

V.B. Hosagoudar 1 , P.J. Robin 2 & B. Shivaraju 3 

1,2 Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, 

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695562, India 

3 Rehabilitation Planatations Ltd.,Punalur, Kerala 691305, India 

Email: 1 vbhosagoudar@rediffmail.com; 3 mdrpl@sancharnet.in 

Fungi are an important components of the ecosystem 

and are to be studied in all aspect because they play a 

vital role in the forestry and its management. They act as 

scavengers by degrading litter, break down dead wood as 

wood rot fungi, infect leaves as parasites, etc. Parasitic 

fungi may be pathogenic or biotropic. Pathogenic fungi 

cause diseases by producing symptoms such as leaf spots, 

hypertrophy, canker, die-back, etc. To understand much 

about these microbes, their occurrence, interaction with 

the plants is necessary and urgently needed in all the 

biodiversity rich forest areas. 

Achankovil is a place of pilgrims located in Kollam 

District of Kerala. The Achankovil forest range, is bounded 

by Tamil Nadu state in the east, Ranni forest division in the 

northeast, Konni forest division in the west, Punalur forest 

division in the southwest and Thenmala forest division 

in the south. It has an area of 29169ha, comprising dry 

deciduous, moist deciduous and evergreen forests, with 

riparian vegetation all along the river Achankovil, which 

Date of publication (online): 26 March 2010 

Date of publication (print): 26 March 2010 

ISSN 0974-7907 (online) | 0974-7893 (print) 

Editor: Vatsavaya S. Raju 

Manuscript details: 

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Received 23 September 2009 

Final received 07 December 2009 

Finally accepted 08 February 2010 

Citation: Hosagoudar, V.B., P.J. Robin & B. Shivaraju (2010). Foliicolous 

fungi from the Achankovil forests in Kollam District of Kerala State, India. 

Journal of Threatened Taxa 2(3): 760-761. 

Copyright: © V.B. Hosagoudar, P.J. Robin & B. Shivaraju 2010. Creative 

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Acknowledgements: We thank Mr. Amarnath Shetty, Chief Conservator 

of Forests for the facilities provided during the field collection trip and to 

Shri G. J. Teggi, Chief Conservator of Forests, Kollam, for providing needful 

information on this forest. We are glad to acknowledge Dr. A. Subramoniam, 

Director, TBGRI, Palode for providing the facilities. 

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passes through the forest. Teak is 

extensively planted. A short time 

visit by trekking from forest office to 

Amarakkathodu was conducted on 

04 December 2008 by the authors to 

know the preponderance of foliicolous fungi. The present 

study is the first of its kind in the forest division (Hosagoudar 

et al. 1996; Sankaran et al. 1997; Florence 2004). The 

following is the genus and species-wise alphabetical enumeration 

of foliicolous fungi from Achankovil forests: 

Enumeration 

1. Asteridiella combreti (F. Stevens) Hansf. var. 

leonensis Hansf., Sydowia Beih. 2: 160, 1961; Hosag. 

& Goos, Mycotaxon 36: 238, 1989; Hosag., Meliolales of 

India, p. 83, 1996 (Meliolaceae). 

On leaves of Calycopteris florubunda (Roxb.) Lam. 

(Combretaceae), Amarakkathodu, Achankovil, Kollam, 

4.xii.2008, V.B. Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 49025, TBGT 

3280. 

2. Asterina deightonii Syd., Ann. Mycol. 36: 172, 1938; 

Hosag. & Abraham, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 4: 571, 2000; 

Hosag., C.K. Biju, Abraham & Agarwal, Indian Phytopath. 

55: 497, 2002; Hosag., Zoos’ Print J. 21: 2326, 2006 

(Asterinaceae). 

On leaves of Loranthus sp. (Loranthaceae), 

Amarakkathodu, Achankovil, Kollam, 4.xii.2008, V.B. 

Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 49021, TBGT 3276. 

3. Asterina tertia Racib. in Theissen, Die Gattung Asterina: 

103, 1913; Sacc., Sylloge Fungorum 24: 443, 1926; Hosag. 

& Abraham, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 4: 558, 2000; Hosag., H. 

Biju & Appaiah, J. Mycopathol. Res. 43: 204, 2005; 44:12, 

2006; 21: 2329, 2006 (Asterinaceae). 

On leaves of Acanthaceae member, Amarakkathodu, 

Achankovil, Kollam, Dec. 4, 2008, V.B. Hosagoudar et al. 

TBGT 3282; Priya Estate, Achankovil, Kollam, 4.xii.2008, 

V.B. Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 49028, TBGT 3283. 

4. Asterina wrightiae Syd. in Ann. Mycol. 29: 236, 1931; 

Hosag. & Abraham, Indian Phytopath. 51: 390, 1998; 

J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 4: 560, 2000; Hosag., C.K. Biju & 

Abraham, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 25: 305, 2001; Hosag., Zoos’ 

Print J. 18: 1280, 2003; 21: 2329, 2006 (Asterinaceae). 

On leaves of Wrightia tinctoria (Roxb.) R. Br. 

(Apocynaceae), Amarakkathodu, Achankovil, Kollam, 


3281. 

5. Asterostomella dilleniacearum Hosag., Abraham 

& C.K. Biju, New Botanist 24: 19, 1997; Hosag., C.K. 

Biju & Abraham, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 25: 307, 2001 

(Asterinaceae). 

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Foliicolous fungi of Achankovil forests V.B. Hosagoudar et al. 

On leaves of Dillenia pentagyna Roxb. (Dilleniaceae), 

Amarakkathodu, Achankovil, Kollam, 4.xii.2008, V.B. 


6. Colemaniella ossoorii Agnihothr., J. Coffee Res. 4: 3, 

1974; Ellis, More Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes, p. 366, 

1976; Karandikar & Patwardhan, Biovigyanam 11: 143, 

1985 (Family incertae sedis, Ascomycota). 

On leaves of Terminalia sp. (Combretaceae), Koorampala, 

Achankovil, Kollam, Dec. 4, 2008, V.B. Hosagoudar 

et al. HCIO 49020, TBGT 3275. 

7. Meliola cadigensis H.S.Yates var. glycosmidis (J.N. 

Kapoor) Hosag., Cryptog. Bot. 2: 186, 1991; Hosag., Meliolales 

of India, p. 149, 1996. Meliola glycosmidis J.N. Kapoor, 

Indian Phytopathol. 20: 153, 1967 (Meliolaceae). 

On leaves of Glycosmis pentaphylla (Retz.) DC. (Rutaceae), 

Koorampala, Achankovil, Kollam, 4.xii.2008, V.B. 


8. Meliola capensis (Kalchbr. & Cooke) Theiss. var. schleicherae 

Hosag. & C.M. Pillai in Hosag., Raghu & Pillai, 

Nova Hedwigia 58: 537, 1994; Hosag., Meliolales of India, 

p. 157, 1996 (Meliolaceae). 

On leaves of Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken (Sapindaceae), 

Amarakkathodu, Achankovil, Kollam, 4.xii.2008, 


9. Meliola desmodii-pulchelli Hosag., T.K. Abraham & 

C.K. Biju, J. Mycopathol. Res. 37: 94, 1999; Hosag., Meliolales 

of India 2: 226, 1998 (Meliolaceae). 

On leaves of Desmodium pulchellum (L.) Benth. (Papilionaceae), 



10. Meliola desmodii-velutini Hosag. & Manojk., Indian 

Phytopath. 57: 459, 2004; Hosag., Meliolales of India 2: 

229, 1998 (Meliolaceae). 

On leaves of Desmodium velutinum (Willd.) DC. (Papilionaceae), 



11. Meliola gamsii Hosag. & Shiburaj, Nova Hedwigia 

74: 411, 2002; Hosag., Meliolales of India 2: 248, 1998 

(Meliolaceae). 

On leaves of Strychnos nux-vomica L. (Strychnaceae), 

Amarakkathodu, Achankovil, Kollam, 4.xii.2008, V.B. Hosagoudar 

et al. HCIO 49179, TBGT 3434. 

12. Meliola melanoxylonis Hosag. & C.M. Pillai in Hosag., 

Raghu & Pillai, Nova Hedwigia 58: 540, 1994; Hosag., 

Meliolales of India, p. 255, 1996 (Meliolaceae). 

On leaves of Acacia mangium Willd. (Mimosaceae), 

Achankovil, Kollam, Dec. 4, 2008, V. B. Hosagoudar & 

al. HCIO 49029, TBGT 3284; A. melanoxylon R. Br., Achankovil, 

Kollam, 4.xii.2008, V.B. Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 

49019, TBGT 3274. 

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13. Meliola panici Earle, Muhlenbergia 1: 12, 1901; 

Hansf., Sydowia Beih. 2: 745, 1961; Gupta & Gupta, Indian 

Phytopathol. 58:390,1985; Hosag. & Goos, Mycotaxon 

42: 136, 1991; Hosag., Meliolales of India, p. 276, 1996 

(Meliolaceae). 

On leaves of Grass (Poaceae), Amarakkathodu, Achankovil, 

Kollam, 4.xii.2008, V.B. Hosagoudar et al. HCIO 

49024, TBGT 3279 

14. Meliola urariae Hosag., Indian Phytopath. 57: 462, 

2004; Meliolales of India 2: 350, 1998 (Meliolaceae). 

On leaves of Uraria rufescens (DC.) Schindl. 

(Papilionaceae), Amarakkathodu, Achankovil, Kollam, 


3433. 

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Hosagoudar, V.B., T.K. Abraham & P. Pushpangadan (1996). 

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Sankaran, K.V., E.J. Florence, M. Balasundaran & K.I. Nawshad 

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