''Asterolibertia'' is a genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. The genus name of ''Asterolibertia'' is in honour of Marie-Anne Libert (1782-1865), who was a Belgian

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. She was one of the first women

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Species

Known species; * ''Asterolibertia anisopterae'' * ''Asterolibertia bahiensis'' * ''Asterolibertia bakeri'' * ''Asterolibertia barrinhensis'' * ''Asterolibertia bredemeyerae'' * ''Asterolibertia burchelliae'' * ''Asterolibertia campograndensis'' * ''Asterolibertia couepiae'' * ''Asterolibertia crustacea'' * ''Asterolibertia cryptocaryae'' * ''Asterolibertia flabellariae'' * ''Asterolibertia gibbosa'' * ''Asterolibertia hiiranensis'' * ''Asterolibertia hydnocarpi'' * ''Asterolibertia inaequalis'' * ''Asterolibertia licaniae'' * ''Asterolibertia licaniicola'' * ''Asterolibertia malpighii'' * ''Asterolibertia mangiferae'' * ''Asterolibertia megathyria'' * ''Asterolibertia moquileae'' * ''Asterolibertia myocoproides'' * ''Asterolibertia nothopegiae'' * ''Asterolibertia parinaricola'' * ''Asterolibertia parinarii'' * ''Asterolibertia peruviana'' * ''Asterolibertia pogonophorae'' * ''Asterolibertia randiae'' * ''Asterolibertia santiriae'' * ''Asterolibertia schroeteri'' * ''Asterolibertia spatholobi'' * ''Asterolibertia sporoboli'' * ''Asterolibertia thaxteri'' * ''Asterolibertia ulei'' * ''Asterolibertia vateriae''

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Index Fungorum
Asterinaceae {{Dothideomycetes-stub