Two new records of Meliolaceous black mildew fungi from India Author Natekar, Pratik D. 0009-0002-9815-6195 Post Graduate Department of Botany, Dattajirao Kadam Art’s, Science and Commerce College, Ichalkaranji- 416 115, Dist. - Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. natekarpratik07@gmail.com Author Patil, Anjali P. 0009-0009-3171-5774 Department of Botany, R. B. Madkholkar Mahavidyalaya, Chandgad- 416 509, Dist. - Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. anjalippatil1972@gmail.com Author Patil, Chandrahas R. 0000-0002-5321-0752 Post Graduate Department of Botany, Dattajirao Kadam Art’s, Science and Commerce College, Ichalkaranji- 416 115, Dist. - Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. patilchandrahas07@gmail.com Author Bhise, Mahendra R. 0000-0002-1799-7674 Department of Botany, Late Ku. Durga K. Banmeru Science College, Lonar- 443 302, Dist. Buldana, Maharashtra, India. mahendrabhise17@gmail.com Author Kambhar, Sidanand V. 0000-0002-1701-0892 Government of Karnataka, Department of Collegiate Education, Department of Botany, sidanand.kambhar@gmail.com text Phytotaxa 2024 2024-03-14 641 1 73 77 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.641.1.7 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.641.1.7 1179-3163 13213794 Asteridiella leeicola Hansf., Sydowia 11 (1–6): 48, 1958 ( Fig. 1 ) MycoBank number: 293069 Colonies epiphyllous, sub-dense, up to 2 mm in diameter. Hyphae flexuous to wavy, branching opposite at wide angles, closely to loosely reticulate; cells 20–30.5 × 5.5–7.5 µm. Appressoria alternate, lateral, antrorse, curved to straight, 15– 23 × 13–16.5 µm; stalk cells cuneate to cylindrical, 3.5–6 µm long; head cells ovate, globose to cylindrical, entire to angular, 11–17 × 13–16.5 µm. Phialides numerous, borne on a separate mycelial branch rarely mixed with appressoria, opposite to alternate, ampulliform, 15–23 × 7.5–9.5 µm. Perithecia few, scattered, up to 90 µm in diameter; ascospores cylindrical 4-septate, slightly constricted at septa, 30–34 × 9–16 µm. Material examined:— INDIA . Maharashtra :Kharepatan,Sindhudurg, on living leaves of Leea indica ,16°55’61.5” N, 73°62’83.7” E, 108 m , 6 December 2021 , Pratik Dilip Natekar-5065, AMH-10597. Known distribution:— Philippines and India . Notes:— Asteridiella leeicola was previously only recorded on Leea sp. from Philippines ( Hansford 1961 ). Based on the literature ( Hansford 1961 , Hosagoudar 1996 , Hosagoudar & Agarwal 2008 ) the present collection on Leea indica is a new host record and this taxon is reported from India for the first time.