Coccidioides
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Coccidia + -oides (“-like, -oid”, taxonomic suffix).
Proper noun edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Onygenaceae – ascomycetous fungi found especially in dry, warm soils that produce infectious arthroconidia and cause coccidioidomycosis.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Dikarya - subkingdom; Ascomycota - phylum; Pezizomycotina - subphylum; Eurotiomycetes - class; Eurotiomycetidae - subclass; Onygenales - order; Onygenaceae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Coccidioides immitis - type species
References edit
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.
