Histoplasma
Synonyms
Histoplasma capsulatum
Histoplasma capsulatums
Histoplasmas
capsulatums, Histoplasma
A mitosporic Onygenales fungal genus causing HISTOPLASMOSIS in humans and animals. Its single species is Histoplasma capsulatum which has two varieties: H. capsulatum var. capsulatum and H. capsulatum var. duboisii. Its teleomorph is AJELLOMYCES capsulatus.