Abstract

Arief Gangadhar Tilak*, Sandhi Armrett, Vallabhbhai D. E. and Singh Chopra

Medicinal plants are widely used for treatment of diseases all over the world. According to world health organization report, about 80% of the world populations are taking interest in indigenous medicinal plants remedies. During frequent surveys for phytoparasitic foliicolous microfungi, interesting specimens were collected from Betul forest division of Madhya Pradesh, which upon detailed examination proved to be undescribed fungal taxa of hyphomycetes, namely, Spiropes celastracearum sp.nov. and Ulocladium verruculosa sp.nov., infecting the leaves of Elaeodendron glaucum Pers. (Celastraceae) and Bauhinia purpurea L. (Fabaceae) respectively. These have been compared with their allied taxa for showing their distinct identity.