Mycovellosiella fabaecola sp.Nov. cuasing leaf-spot on Crotolaria juncea

Abstract

This is the description of the new species Mycovellosiella fabaecola, a cercospoidal hyphomycete, associated with leaf spots on Crotolaria juncea,(Papilionaceae) an impotant plant for fibre with multiple uses in India as well as other countries. This new species was compared to other forms of Mycovellosiella earlier reported from same family of the host and is recognize as a new taxon.