Abstract
This paper deals the biodiversity, distribution and taxonomy of conidial fungus Corynespora associated with family Malvaceae, including a new species belonging to the genus Corynespora, viz. C. sidae sp. nov., was discovered on living leaves of Sida acuta Burm.f. (Malvaceae) from University Campus of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh (UP), India. This species is described, illustrated and compared with similar taxa reported on Malvaceae based on morphological characters. The novel species is characterized by shorter conidiophores and longer and smooth conidia. The nomenclatural novelties were submitted in Mycobank.
Highlights
The foliicolous hyphomycetous genus Corynespora was established by Gussow [1]
Plant specimens with clear visible disease symptoms of parasitic fungi on living leaves were collected from University Campus of Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur (26’ 44” to 56.23” N and 83’ 23” to 31”E), Uttar Pradesh
Measurements were made of 30 conidia, hila, and conidiophores, with the extremes given in parentheses
Summary
The foliicolous hyphomycetous genus Corynespora was established by Gussow [1]. The genus causes foliar diseases in plants, predominating in the tropics and subtropics regions including India, is characterized by producing distoseptate conidia with or without distinct hila and monoblastic, terminal conidiogenous cells. Most of the species of the genus are phytopathogenic while some species are reported as endophytes and saprobes. About 135 species of Corynespora have been reported from all over the world [2,3,4]. In the continuation of exploration of foliicolous fungi from eastern Uttar Pradesh, a species rank of the genus Corynespora was found to be hitherto undescribed. The detail descriptions and illustrations of Corynespora sidae are presented here in this communication
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