Ellisembia karadkensis sp. nov. from southern Western Ghats, India

A new species, Ellisembia karadkensis is described from Bambusa bambos culms as a saprobe. It differs from other Ellisembia species in possessing simple or (often) Y-shaped branched conidia with long flagelliform apical appendages. A morphological comparison is made with similar Ellisembia species, and with those restricted to bamboo. A new combination, E. magnibrachypus, is proposed for Sporidesmium magnibrachypus.