A new species of Passalora crotoniicola on Croton persimilis Mull. Arg. from forest flora of Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh

A field survey was conducted from shaded areas of Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh in India micro foliicolous fungi was found from Kulhadi forest in the month of September 2017. The flora of Ambikapur, C.G., India is dense and is suitable for the emergence of fungi. The forest survey of Ambikapur (C.G.) has resulted in the collection of undescribed novel fungus, affecting living leaves of Croton persimilis Mull. Arg. Based on morphological characters, microscopic images, SEM based analysis and comparison with other parallel taxa i.e Passalora jatrophigena infecting Jatropha sp. and Passalora cnidoscolifolii infecting Cnidoscolus sp. a novel species of Passalora namely Passalora crotoniicola has been described.