Fungus
histoplasma
Subclass of:
Mitosporic Fungi
Definitions related to genus histoplasma:
  • (histoplasma) A genus of microscopic fungus that causes the disease histoplasmosis.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (histoplasma) A mitosporic Onygenales fungal genus causing HISTOPLASMOSIS in humans and animals. Its single species is Histoplasma capsulatum which has two varieties: H. capsulatum var. capsulatum and H. capsulatum var. duboisii. Its teleomorph is AJELLOMYCES capsulatus.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (histoplasma) Mitosporic Onygenales fungal genus causing histoplasmosis in humans and animals; its single species is Histoplasma capsulatum which has two varieties: H. capsulatum var. capsulatum and H. capsulatum var. duboisii; its teleomorph is Ajellomyces capsulatus.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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