fungi imperfecti

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fungi imperfecti - 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]

fungi imperfecti - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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
           ]