Some New Records of Black Mildew Fungi from Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra State, India

Abstract

ABSTRACT-The present study deals with a total of 47 new records of black mildew fungi belonging to Meliolaceous, Asterinaceous, Schiffnerulaceous and fungi from Parodiopsidaceae groups, collected on different phanerogamic host plants from Mahabaleshwar and its surrounding areas of Satara district, Maharashtra state, India. Among these, Meliola litseae classified under family Meliolaceae (Meliolales) is found to be new record to the fungi of India and hence reported here for the first time from India. However, remaining 46 taxa are reported for the first time from the Maharashtra state.