Coccidioides

Translingual

Arthroconidia of Coccidioides immitis

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Coccidioides m

1. 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 MycoBank
• Coccidioides at Index Fungorum
• “Coccidioides”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.