Coccidioides

Translingual

Arthroconidia of Coccidioides immitis

Etymology

From Coccidia +‎ -oides (“-like, -oid”, taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Coccidioides m

A taxonomic genus within the family Onygenaceae – ascomycetous fungi found especially in dry, warm soils that produce infectious arthroconidia and cause coccidioidomycosis.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Dikarya - subkingdom; Ascomycota - phylum; Pezizomycotina - subphylum; Eurotiomycetes - class; Eurotiomycetidae - subclass; Onygenales - order; Onygenaceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Coccidioides immitis - type species

References

Coccidioides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coccidioides on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Coccidioides at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Coccidioides at Encyclopedia of Life
Coccidioides at MycoBank
Coccidioides at Index Fungorum
“Coccidioides”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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