Blastomyces

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Blastomyces
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Onygenales
Family: Ajellomycetaceae
Genus: Blastomyces
Gilchrist & W.R. Stokes (1898)
Type species
Blastomyces dermatitidis
Gilchrist & W.R. Stokes (1898)
Species

Blastomyces dermatitidis
Blastomyces emzantsi
Blastomyces gilchristii
Blastomyces helicus

Blastomyces parvus

Blastomyces percusus
Blastomyces silverae

Synonyms

Ajellomyces McDonough & A.L. Lewis (1968)
Emmonsia Cif. & Montemart. (1959)

Blastomyces is a

immunocompromised patients.[1][2]

Blastomyces Gilchrist & W.R. Stokes (1898) was an

anamorph
forms of the same fungus was discontinued.

References