Coccidioides immitis

Coccidioides immitis
colonies of Coccidioides immitis growing in petri dish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Onygenales
Family: Onygenaceae
Genus: Coccidioides
Species:
C. immitis
Binomial name
Coccidioides immitis
G.W.Stiles (1896)
Synonyms[1]
  • Zymonema immitis (G.W.Stiles) Mello (1918)
  • Mycoderma immite (G.W.Stiles) Verdun & Mandoul (1924)
  • Blastomycoides immitis (G.W.Stiles) Castell. (1928)
  • Geotrichum immite (G.W.Stiles) A.Agostini (1932)
  • Aleurisma immite (G.W.Stiles) Bogliolo & J.A.Neves (1952)
Sputum culture of Coccidioides immitis on Sabouraud's medium, showing white, cottony fungus growth
Microscopic appearance of an old culture of Coccidioides immitis, showing fragmented chlamydospores. This is the infective form of the fungus occurring in nature
Septate hyphae of Coccidioides immitis with 90-degree branching and thick-walled barrel-shaped arthroconidia alternating with empty cells

Coccidioides immitis is a pathogenic fungus that resides in the soil in certain parts of the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, and a few other areas in the Western Hemisphere.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference urlFungorum synyonymy: Coccidioides immitis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Infectious Disease Index: Coccidioides immitis". MDSC Online. Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Retrieved 16 July 2013.