taxonomy of anamorphic microfungus periconia on phoenix in india

the anamorphic fungus genus periconia is word wide in distribution and causes foliar disease on plants mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. this paper presented the description and illustrations of p. palmivora discovered on leaves of phoenix dactylifera (palmae/arecaceae) from terai forest region of uttar pradesh, india. the taxonomic determination was based on morphological characteristics of fungus. the proposed novel species is entirely different from previously described p. tirupatiensis sub. having shorter, unbranched and smooth conidiophores and longer and smooth conidia. a key of periconia species reported on phoenix is provided. descriptions and nomenclatural details were deposited in mycobank (www.mycobank.org).