Three new taxa of Corynespora Gussow from India

Abstract

This commucnication deals with the descriptions, latin diagnosis and illustrations of three hitherto undescribed species of fungus of genus CorynesporaGussowviz; C. elephantoptii sp. nov.; C. ichnocarpi sp. nov.andC. mitragyna sp. nov.collected on living leaves of Elephantopusscaber (Asteraceae), Ichnocarpusfrutiscen (Apocynaceae) and Mitragynaparvifolia (Rubiaceae) respectively from North Western Tarai Forests of U.P., India.

Keywords

• Foliar fungi
• morphotaxonomy
• Corynespora
• species novum