3-413: Balsamia Barssia Helvella Underwoodia Wynnella The Helvellaceae are a family of ascomycete fungi, the best-known members of which are the elfin saddles of the genus Helvella . Originally erected by Elias Magnus Fries in 1823 as Elvellacei , it contained many genera. Several of these, such as Gyromitra and Discina , have been found to be more distantly related in
6-666: A molecular study of ribosomal DNA by mycologist Kerry O'Donnell in 1997, leaving a much smaller core clade now redefined as Helvellaceae. Instead, this narrowly defined group is most closely related to the true truffles of the Tuberaceae . Although the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008) considered the Helvellaceae to contain six genera and 63 species, genetic analysis has shown that Leucangium , previously classified in this family,
9-509: Is more closely related to the Morchellaceae . This Pezizomycetes -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Balsamia See text 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. The following
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