| Ajellomyces dermatitidis | The perfect (teleomorph) state of the fungus Blastomyces dermatitidis; the (+) and (-) mating types cause disease with equal frequency. This sexual state is placed in the family Gymnoascaceae. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Ajellomyces capsulatum | The ascomycetous (perfect, sexual, teleomorph) state of Histoplasma capsulatum. Synonym: Emmonsiella capsulata. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Blastomyces dermatitidis | A dimorphic soil fungus that causes blastomycosis. It grows in mammalian tissues as budding cells and in culture as a white to buff-coloured filamentous fungus bearing spherical or ovoid conidia on terminal or lateral short, slender conidiophores. In its perfect (teleomorph) state it is known as Ajellomyces dermatitidis. Origin: blasto-+ G. Mykes, fungus (05 Mar 2000) |