Blastomyces

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|image =Blastomyces dermatitidis.jpg

|image_caption =Blastomyces dermatitidis

|taxon = Blastomyces

|authority = Gilchrist & W.R. Stokes (1898)

| type_species = Blastomyces dermatitidis

| type_species_authority = Gilchrist & W.R. Stokes (1898)

| synonyms = Ajellomyces McDonough & A.L. Lewis (1968)

Emmonsia Cif. & Montemart. (1959)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = Blastomyces dermatitidis

Blastomyces emzantsi

Blastomyces gilchristii

Blastomyces helicus

Blastomyces parvus

Blastomyces percusus

Blastomyces silverae

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Blastomyces is a genus of fungi in the order Onygenales. Species are known human pathogens and show thermal dimorphism, converting from hyphal states under saprobic conditions to yeast-like states under pathogenic conditions. They are the causative agents of blastomycosis, a systemic mycosis in immunocompromised patients.

Blastomyces Gilchrist & W.R. Stokes (1898) was an illegitimate homonym of Blastomyces Costantin & Rolland (1888) (a synonym of Chrysosporium), but has now been conserved against the earlier name because of its widespread use in clinical literature. Teleomorphs (sexual states) were formerly referred to the genus Ajellomyces, but, following changes to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, the practice of giving different names to teleomorph and anamorph forms of the same fungus was discontinued.

References

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{{cite journal |vauthors=de Hoog GS, Redhead SA, Feng P, Jiang Y, Dukik K, Sigler L |year=2016 |title=Proposals to conserve Blastomyces Gilchrist & W. R. Stokes against Blastomyces Costantin & Rolland and Ajellomycetaceae against Paracoccidioidaceae (Ascomycota: Onygenales) |journal=Taxon |volume=65 |pages=1167–1169 |doi=10.12705/655.19|doi-access=free }}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Jiang Y, Dukik K, Munoz JF, Sigler L, Schwartz IS, Govender NP, Kenyon C, Feng P, van den Ende BG, Stielow JB, Stchigel AM, Lu H, de Hoog S |title=Phylogeny, ecology and taxonomy of systemic pathogens and their relatives in Ajellomycetaceae (Onygenales): Blastomyces, Emergomyces, Emmonsia, Emmonsiellopsis |journal=Fungal Diversity |year=2018 |volume=90 |pages=245–291 |doi=10.1007/s13225-018-0403-y|s2cid=256070801 |doi-access=free |hdl=10067/1520590151162165141 |hdl-access=free }}

{{cite journal |vauthors=Linder KA, Kauffman CA, Miceli MH |title=Blastomycosis: A review of mycological and clinical aspects |journal=J Fungi (Basel) |year=2023 |volume=9 |issue=1 |page=117 |doi=10.3390/jof9010117 |pmid=36675937 |pmc=9863754 |doi-access=free }}

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Category:Eurotiomycetes genera

Category:Onygenales

Category:Taxa described in 1898