Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of hyphomycetous fungi having a scantily branched mycelium with somewhat polyhedral simple conidia produced on short lateral conidiophores.
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- noun genus of pathogenic yeastlike fungi
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The disease is due to the invasion of the cutaneous tissues by the blastomyces.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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[2] Categorise into yeast (eg. cryptococcus), yeast-like form (eg. candida), mold (eg. trichophyton), and dimorphic (eg. blastomyces, histoplasma, paracoccidioides).
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