Cokeromyces
Species of fungus
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Cokeromyces recurvatus is a pathogenic fungus.[2][3][4] Described as a new species in 1950, it was isolated from rabbit dung collected in Illinois.[1] It is the only species in the genus Cokeromyces.
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| Genus: | Cokeromyces Shanor |
| Species: | C. recurvatus |
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| Cokeromyces recurvatus Poitras (1950)[1] | |
The genus name of Cokeromyces is in honour of William Chambers Coker (1872 – 1953), was an American botanist and mycologist.[5]
The genus was circumscribed by Leland Shanor in Mycologia Vol.42 (Issue 2) on page 272 in 1950.
It appears similar to Coccidioides immitis.[6][clarification needed]
