Asterina species

Sabeena, Aliyarukunju, Biju, Haridas, Dhanusha, Sudhakaran Sujatha & Shiburaj, Sugathan, 2020, Asterina gordoniae sp. nov. (Asterinaceae), a new foliar mycobiont from Kerala, India, Phytotaxa 441 (2), pp. 211-216 : 215

Key to Asterina species on Theaceae

1. Appressoria alternate..........................................................................................................................................................................3

1. Appressoria alternate and opposite.....................................................................................................................................................2

2. Appressoria 70% opposite.................................................................................................................................................. A. schimae

2. Appressoria about 5% opposite, cylindrical................................................................................................................. A. theacearum

3. Appressoria entire only....................................................................................................................................................... A. cannoni

3. Appressoria not so ..............................................................................................................................................................................4

4. Appressoria entire to furcated ............................................................................................................................................... A. songii

4. Appressoria sub-lobate to lobate ..................................................................................................................................... A. gordoniae