Name:		Ophiodothis Sacc., (1883) page 652 [basionym]
Accepted name:		Balansia Speg.
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Clavicipitaceae (Lindau) O.E. Erikss. [Family] Hypocreales Lindau [Order] Hypocreomycetidae O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subclass] Sordariomycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Ophiodothis alneum (Pers.) Ellis & Everh. Ophiodothis aristidae G.F. Atk. Ophiodothis arundinellae Henn. Ophiodothis atromaculans Henn. Ophiodothis bahamensis Seaver Ophiodothis balansae Speg. Ophiodothis edax (Berk. & Broome) Sacc. Ophiodothis elymi Gonz. Frag. Ophiodothis fici Earle Ophiodothis gaduae Rehm Ophiodothis haydeni (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc. Ophiodothis haydenii (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc. Ophiodothis henningsiana A. Møller Ophiodothis leptospora Speg. Ophiodothis linearis Rehm Ophiodothis marginata Theiss. Ophiodothis oplismeni Henn. Ophiodothis paraguariensis Speg. Ophiodothis paraguayensis Speg. Ophiodothis picramniae Speg. Ophiodothis rhaphidospora Rehm Ophiodothis schillingii Henn. Ophiodothis schumanniana Henn. Ophiodothis sclerotica (Pat.) Henn. Ophiodothis tarda Harkn. Ophiodothis ulei Rehm Ophiodothis volkensii (Henn.) Sacc. Ophiodothis vorax (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Sacc.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]