Libertiella
Genus of fungi
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Libertiella is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi of uncertain classification in the Ascomycota.[2] The species of this genus are found in Europe.[3]
| Libertiella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | incertae sedis |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Libertiella Speg. & Roum. (1880) |
| Type species | |
| Libertiella malmedyensis Speg. & Roum. (1880) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The genus name Libertiella honours Marie-Anne Libert, (1782-1865), a Belgian botanist and mycologist.[4]
The genus was circumscribed by Carlos Luis Spegazzini and Casimir Roumeguère in Rev. Mycol. (Toulouse) vol.2 on pages 8-9, 14-15 and 97 in 1880.
Species
- Libertiella fennica Alstrup (1997)
- Libertiella leprariae Etayo & Diederich (1995)
- Libertiella lignicola Höhn. (1902)
- Libertiella malmedyensis Speg. & Roum. (1880)
- Libertiella obscurior K.Gerber (1931)
- Libertiella quercicola Woron. (1917)
- Libertiella xanthoriae Keissl. (1925)