Deuteromycota

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Deuteromycota
       n : large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising
           forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known
           [syn: {subdivision Deuteromycota}, {Deuteromycotina}, {Fungi
           imperfecti}, {subdivision Deuteromycotina}]