Blastomyces dermatitidis and Blastomycosis

BLASTOMYCOSIS Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Ascomycota Class: Euascomycetes Order: Onygenales Family: Onygenaceae Genus: Blastomyces (Blastomyces dermatitidis is the only species included in this genus.) Blastomycosis, also called Gilchrist's Disease, is caused by Blastomyces dermatitidis. This fungus is thermally dimorphic and a probable saprobe of the soil. It specifically inhabits decaying wood material, animal feces, plant fragments, and insect remains. Soil with an acidic pH and a high organic content is conducive to growth. At room temperature …

…pictures of the saphrotic stage and 1/2 showing the mycelial stage to go with this paper. I was not required to document my sources for this paper. I used the CDC and some other unofficial fungus sites. If you need a bibliography, search with Yahoo and Google. You will have no trouble finding any of this information. Also, it is not showing up, but each time the organism B. dermatitidis is written, it should be italicized.