title: Additions to the genera Asterolibertia and Cirsosia (Asterinaceae, Asterinales), with particular reference to species from the Brazilian Cerrado.
abstract: Four new Asterolibertia species and a new variety of Cirsosia splendida, all found on native Cerrado plants, belonging to three host families are described, illustrated and named as: A. bahiensis sp. nov. on Erythroxylum sp. (Erythroxylaceae); A. barrinhensis sp. nov. on Diospyros burchellii (Ebenaceae); A. campograndensis sp. nov. on Hirtella glandulosa (Chrysobalanaceae); A. parinaricola sp. nov. on Parinari obtusifolia (Chrysobalanaceae); and Cirsosia splendida var. laevigata var. nov., showing both sexual and asexual morphs, on H. glandulosa and H. gracilipes (Chrysobalanaceae). Finally, A. licaniae is reported on a new host, H. gracilipes. Keys to all the known species of Asterolibertia and Cirsosia are included.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: André Luiz
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Firmino
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23851-970, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Antonio
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Inácio
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-900, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Olinto Liparini
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil;
authors.forename: José Carmine
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dianese
keywords: biotrophic ascomycetes; foliicolous fungi; fungal taxonomy; neotropical mycodiversity