New and Less Known Fungi From Kerala, India

Abstract

This paper gives an account of five foliicolous fungal taxa collected from Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala state. Of these, Irenopsis xeromphidis and Schiffnerula braunii are the new species; Meliola geniculata and Schiffnerula mirabilis are rare fungi and Meliola pterocarpi found on a hitherto unrecorded endemic host plants