blastomycete

noun2

1. •
   A fungus of the genus Blastomyces.
2. •
   (no longer used) A yeast fungus.

   • Thus granulomata may be due to an infection by schizomycetes or fission-fungi, by hyphomycetes or mould-fungi, and by blastomycetes or yeast-fungi. — 1898