A taxonomic reassessment of the genus Balsamia from China Author Xu, Yu-Yan College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuanbeilu 105, Haidian, Beijing 100048, China Author Yan, Xiang-Yuan College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuanbeilu 105, Haidian, Beijing 100048, China Author Li, Ting College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuanbeilu 105, Haidian, Beijing 100048, China Author Fan, Li College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Xisanhuanbeilu 105, Haidian, Beijing 100048, China fanli@mail.cnu.edu.cn text MycoKeys 2020 67 81 94 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.67.50068 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.67.50068 1314-4049-67-81 EE42E3DA06325609839247043C5A53D2 Balsamia guozigouensis (L. Fan & Y.Y. Xu) L. Fan & Y.Y. Xu. comb. nov. Basionym. Barssia guozigouensis L. Fan & Y.Y. Xu, Phytotaxa 374(2): 135 (2018). Holotype. China. Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Huocheng County, Guozigou Forest Park, alt. 1800m, in soil under Picea schrenkiana Fisch. & C.A. Mey., 11 August 2003, W.P. Wu & M. S. Song 060 (HMAS 97107). Illustrations - Xu et al. (2018 : Fig. 4 ) Notes. This species is recently described from Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China, under Picea schrenkiana Fisch. & C.A. Mey. So far it is known only from the type locality. Balsamia guozigouensis can be recognized by its distinctly warty ascomata, solid gleba with small and irregular chamber and irregularly clavate asci. Phylogenetically, it was closely related to B. luyashanensis (Fig. 2 ), but the latter differs in its ascomata with fine warts and gleba without chambers ( Xu et al. 2018 ).