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fungi imperfecti
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fungi imperfecti has 1 sense
- fungi imperfecti(n = noun.plant) deuteromycota, deuteromycotina, subdivision deuteromycota, subdivision deuteromycotina - large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known; Array is a kind of division
is a member of division eumycota, eumycota
CIDE DICTIONARY
fungi imperfecti, pl. [L. imperfecti imperfect.].
A heterogenous phylum of fungi which lack a sexual phase, or of which the sexual phase is not known. Some undoubtedly represent the conidium stages of various Ascomycetes. It is not considered a natural phylum, and is also called the Deuteromycota . The group is divided into the orders Sphæropsidales , Melanconiales , and Moniliales . It includes the genera Penicillium and Aspergillus , which reproduce asexually by means of conidia. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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