Taxonomic Studies of Meliolaceae Associated with Some Plants of Aligarh, India

摘要

The Meliolaceae is a family of fungi in the order Meliolales. Mostly tropical in distribution, species in this family are biotrophic on the leaves and stems of plants. These fungi are known to cause black or dark mildew disease on the plants. Extensive work on the foliicolous fungi belonging to family Meliolaceae at Aligarh and other adjacent areas has not been carried out. Therefore, a study was carried out to isolate and identify the foliicolous fungi attacking different plants of Aligarh. This paper gives the detailed description and illustration of four Meliolaceae fungi viz., Meliola alstoniae, M. mangiferae, M. memecyli and Amazonia peregrina associated with different plants of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. These fungi were reported for the first time from Aligarh.