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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


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):

Fungi imperfecti 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]