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GNU Webster's 1913

  1. 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.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known

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  • hernesheir The Deuteromycota - an artificial taxonomic group of fungi whose true affinities are unknown because the reproductive cycle that would give a clue as to classification has never been observed. Sep 15, 2009

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