Coccidioides immitis
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{{Taxobox | color = lightblue | name = Ascomycota | regnum = Fungi | divisio = Ascomycota | classis = Euascomycetes | ordo = Onygenales | familia = Onygenaceae | genus = Coccidioides | binomial = Coccidioides immitis | binomial_authority = G.W. Stiles }}
Coccidioides immitis is a pathogenic fungus that resides in the soil in certain parts of the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, and a few other areas in the Western Hemisphere.
It, along with its relative Coccidioides posadasii, can cause a disease called coccidioidomycosis, and it is a rare cause of meningitis, mostly in immunocompromised persons. It has been declared a select agent by both the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and is considered a biosafety level 3 pathogen.