{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2022}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Cif. 1933 | taxon = Liroa emodensis | authority = (Berk.) Cif. 1933 }}
'''''Liroa''''' is a monotypic genus of fungi found in the family Microbotryaceae. It contains the single species '''''Liroa emodensis''''', common name ''Microbotryum emodensis''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Liroa emodensis (Berk.) Cif. |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2555997 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
The genus name of ''Liroa'' is in honour of Johan Ivar Lindroth (1872-1943), who was a Finnish botanist (Mycology) and phytopathologist.<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>
The genus was circumscribed by Raffaele Ciferri in Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. ser.2, vol.40 on page 263 in 1933.
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Category:Monotypic Basidiomycota genera Category:Microbotryales
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