Balsamia | |
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Balsamia platyspora | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Pezizomycetes |
Order: | Pezizales |
Family: | Helvellaceae |
Genus: | Balsamia Vittad. (1831) |
Type species | |
Balsamia vulgaris Vittad. (1831)
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Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pseudobalsamia E.Fisch. (1907) |
Balsamia is a genus of truffle-like ascomycete fungi of the family Helvellaceae. The widespread genus contains twenty five species known from Europe, North America, North Africa and Asia, including China.[2]