<unk>  is a genus of dimorphic ascomycetes in the family Onygenaceae. Member species are the cause of coccidioidomycosis, also known as San Joaquin Valley fever, an infectious fungal disease largely confined to the Western Hemisphere and endemic in the Southwestern United States. The host acquires the disease by respiratory inhalation of spores disseminated in their natural habitat. The causative agents of coccidioidomycosis are<unk>  immitis and<unk>  posadasii. Both C. immitis and C. posadasii are indistinguishable during laboratory testing and commonly referred in literature as<unk> .
Coccidioides
Aspergillus
Chrysosporium
Cryptococcus
Malassezia
Trichophyton
Microsporum
Conidiobolus