blastomycete

English

Etymology

From blasto- +‎ -mycete.

Noun

blastomycete (plural blastomycetes)

(mycology) A fungus of the genus Blastomyces.
(mycology, obsolete) A yeast fungus.
- 1898, Alexander GR Foulerton, “On the Pathology of some Specific Grainulomata in Horses and Cattle”, in Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics, volume 11, pages 103–114:
  Thus granulomata may be due to an infection by schizomycetes or fission-fungi, by hyphomycetes or mould-fungi, and by blastomycetes or yeast-fungi.

Derived terms

blastomycetic
blastomycetous

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