Histoplasma

Translingual

Histoplasma capsulatum

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἱστός (histós, “web from the loom; histo-”) +‎ πλάσμα (plásma, “anything formed or molded”).

Proper noun

Histoplasma n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ajellomycetaceae – fungi found in certain bird and bat droppings including those responsible for histoplasmosis.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Ascomycota – phylum; Pezizomycotina – subphylum; Eurotiomycetes – class; Eurotiomycetidae – subclass; Onygenales – order; Ajellomycetaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Histoplasma capsulatum - type species

References

• Histoplasma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Histoplasma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Histoplasma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Histoplasma at MycoBank
• Histoplasma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Histoplasma at Index Fungorum