''Balansia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
in the family
Clavicipitaceae
The Clavicipitaceae are a family of fungi within the order Hypocreales. A 2008 estimate placed 43 genera in the family, but recent work has increased this number to 97.
Phylogeny
Molecular phylogenetic analysis of multigene DNA sequence data ...
.
Species from this genus have been found to produce an
ergopeptine
Ergoline is a chemical compound whose structural skeleton is contained in a variety of alkaloids, referred to as ergoline derivatives or ergoline alkaloids. Ergoline alkaloids, one being ergine, were initially characterized in ergot. Some of thes ...
otherwise unknown in nature, and based upon this discovery it was subsequently named
ergobalansine[Ergot: The Genus Claviceps, Vladimír Křen, Ladislav Cvak]
References
Sordariomycetes genera
Clavicipitaceae
Taxa named by Carlo Luigi Spegazzini
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