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Genus of fungi

Balansia
Balansia bambusae, please click on image for details.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Clavicipitaceae
Tribe: Balansiae
Genus: Balansia
Speg. (1885)
Type species
Balansia claviceps
Speg. (1885)
Synonyms
  • Dothichloe G.F. Atk. (1894)
  • Ophiodothis Sacc. (1883)
  • Trichochora Theiss. & Syd. (1915)

Balansia is a genus of fungi in the family Clavicipitaceae.

Species from this genus have been found to produce an ergopeptine otherwise unknown in nature, and based upon this discovery it was subsequently named ergobalansine

References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  2. Ergot: The Genus Claviceps, Vladimír Křen, Ladislav Cvak
Taxon identifiers
Balansia


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