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Mycol.a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which either no spores or asexual spores, as conidia, are produced.[1890-95]
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imperfect fungus — noun Date: circa 1895 any of various fungi (order Fungi Imperfecti syn. Deuteromycetes) of which only the conidial stage is known … New Collegiate Dictionary
imperfect fungus — a fungus for which only the asexual reproductive stage is known, as any fungus of the Fungi imperfecti. [1890 95] * * * … Universalium
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