Balsamia luyashanensis (L. Fan & Y.Y. Xu) L. Fan & Y.Y. Xu., 2020

Xu, Yu-Yan, Yan, Xiang-Yuan, Li, Ting & Fan, Li, 2020, A taxonomic reassessment of the genus Balsamia from China, MycoKeys 67, pp. 81-94 : 81

Balsamia luyashanensis (L. Fan & Y.Y. Xu) L. Fan & Y.Y. Xu. comb. nov.

Basionym.

Barssia luyashanensis L. Fan & Y.Y. Xu, Phytotaxa 374(2): 134 (2018).

Holotype.

China. Shanxi Province, Ningwu County, Qiuqiangou Village, Luyashan Mountain, alt. 2100m, 25 August 2017, in soil under Picea sp., M. Chen CM023 (BJTC FAN764).

Illustrations - Xu et al. (2018: fig. 3)

Notes.

Balsamia luyashanensis is also recently described from the Luyashan Mountain of Shanxi Province, China, under Picea sp. So far it is known only from the type locality. The species can be recognized by its red brown ascomata with fine warts, gleba without chambers and irregularly clavate asci ( Xu et al. 2018). The species was similar in appearance of ascomata to B. gunerii and B. hellenica but B. gunerii can be separated by its subglobose to ovoid ascospores and gleba with irregularly sinuous, labyrinth-like veins ( Doğan et al. 2018; Hansen et al. 2019), while B. hellenica by its ovoid ascospores ( Kaounas et al. 2015; Hansen et al. 2019).