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[syn: Deuteromycota, subdivision Deuteromycota, Deuteromycotina, Fungi imperfecti, subdivision Deuteromycotina]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fungi Imperfecti \Fun"gi Im`per*fec"ti\, pl. [L. imperfecti
imperfect.] (Bot.)
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
Sph[ae]ropsidales, Melanconiales, and Moniliales. It
includes the genera Penicillium and Aspergillus, which
reproduce asexually by means of conidia.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Deuteromycota
n 1: large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising
forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known
[syn: Deuteromycota, subdivision Deuteromycota,
Deuteromycotina, Fungi imperfecti, subdivision
Deuteromycotina]