Fungi Imperfecti
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Deuteromycetes, Deuteromycota, Hyphomycetes, mitosporic fungi
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- The fungi Curvularia intermedia although originally classified as a fungi imperfecti is now recognized as the anamorph stage of the ascomycete Cochliobolus intermedius.
- The one characteristic shared by all Fungi Imperfecti is an apparent ABSENCE of Sexual Reproduction.
- Fungi imperfecti is a grab bag of members who all have the common characteristic of not expressing a known sexual form (included are the Penicilliums).
- The Fungi Imperfecti is the second largest subdivision, containing over 17,000 species and they are also very aggressive agents of biodeterioration.
- Another name for the taxon known as the Fungi Imperfecti is .
