Natarajania Indica gen.et sp.nov., a new dematiaceous hyphomycete from the forests of Western Ghats, India

Abstract

Natarajania, a new genus of the dematiaceous Hyphomycetes. characterised by mononermtous, septate, branched conidiophores with terminal, partly verrucose, phhdidic conidiogenous cells bearing a distinct collar-canal and producing slimy, dark-brown, smooth, conidia, is introduced for N. indica an am. sp. nov., isolated from dead leaves of Anliaris toxicaria (Rumph. ex Pers.) Leschen. (F: Moraceae), from the forests of Western Ghats. India.