histoplasma

noun

his·​to·​plas·​ma ˌhis-tə-ˈplaz-mə 

1

capitalized : a genus of imperfect fungi that includes one (H. capsulatum) causing histoplasmosis and another (H. farciminosum) causing epizootic lymphangitis

2

: any fungus of the genus Histoplasma