A new species of the genus <i>Ectendomeliola</i> (Meliolaceae) from Kerala, India

Abstract

Ectendomeliola is characterized by its ectophytic and endophytic appressoria was known with its type, E. walsurae. The recent collection on an endemic plant from the Western Ghats region of Kerala revealed the second species, E. otonephelii, differs from the type species in having longer mycelial setae with acute to furcate tip and larger perithecia, is described and illustrated here in detail.