Prillieuxina citricola sp. nov. from Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

The present paper deals with a new black mildew collected on living leaves of lemon (Citrus aurantifolia, Rutaceae), from Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India. The fungus was identified as the species of Prillieuxina as it contains substraight, branched hyphae without appressoria and setae; orbicular thyriothecia and brown uniseptate ascospores. A critical comparison of current taxon was carried out with species of genus Prillieuxina reported earlier on plants of the family Rutaceae and other closely similar species and found that there are no earlier reports on Citrus aurantifolia. Therefore, new species Prillieuxina citricola is described and illustrated in the present paper based on morphology and specificity of host association.