Balansia
| Balansia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Subdivision: | Pezizomycotina |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Hypocreales |
| Family: | Clavicipitaceae |
| Genus: | Balansia Speg. |
| Type species | |
| Balansia claviceps Speg. | |
Balansia is a genus of fungi within the Clavicipitaceae family.[1]
Species from this genus have been found to produce an ergopeptine otherwise unknown and nature, and based upon this discovery it was subsequently named ergobalansine[2]
References
- ↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58.
- ↑ Ergot: The Genus Claviceps, Vladimír Křen, Ladislav Cvak