VerbarFungiImperfecti
pl.
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.
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