| Balsamia | |
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| Balsamia platyspora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Helvellaceae |
| Genus: | Balsamia Vittad. (1831) |
| Type species | |
| Balsamia vulgaris Vittad. (1831) | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.
