Definition of Fungi imperfecti

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


Definition of Fungi imperfecti

1. pl. A heterogenous group of fungi of which the complete life history is not known. Some undoubtedly represent the conidium stages of various Ascomycetes. The group is divided into the orders Sphæropsidales, Melanconiales, and Moniliales.

Medical Definition of Fungi imperfecti

1. A phylum of fungi in which sexual reproduction is not known or in which one of the mating types has not yet been discovered. Formerly, most fungi causing disease in humans were considered asexual and were placed in this class, but studies have revealed that they are not imperfect and that in their sexual forms they can be classified as ascomycetes or basidiomycetes. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fungi Imperfecti

Fulvicin
Fumaria
Fumaria claviculata
Fumaria fungosa
Fumaria officinalis
Fumaria sempervirens
Fumariaceae
Fumimaro Konoe
Fumimaro Konoye
Funafuti
Fundulus
Fundulus heteroclitus
Fundulus majalis
Funen
Funghus Rock
Funka
Funkaceae
Fuqra
Fur
Furby
Furbys
Furnariidae
Furnarius
Furnivall
Furongian
Fury
Fus-ha
Fusanus
Fusanus acuminatus

Literary usage of Fungi imperfecti

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"CHAPTER XXII fungi imperfecti (DEUTEROMYCETES) The life histories of the fungi belonging ... The fungi imperfecti represent the accessory fruit forms of the ..."

2. Fungous Diseases of Plants, with Chapters on Physiology, Culture Methods and by Benjamin Minge Duggar (1909)
"CHAPTER XII fungi imperfecti The ... or fungi imperfecti, constitute an heterogeneous subdivision of the true fungi. As a class it is not comparable to the ..."

3. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"fungi imperfecti (Imperfect Fungi) All Fungi in which the features characteristic of the ... fungi imperfecti ..."

4. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"... CHAPTER VI THE fungi imperfecti Besides the true Ascomycetes there are a large series of forms that are analogous in ..."

5. Applied and Economic Botany: Especially Adapted for the Use of Students in by Henry Kraemer (1914)
"THE fungi imperfecti.—The miscellaneous fungi included in this group are of importance because of the great damage which they cause to agricultural crops. ..."

6. Fermentation Organisms; a Laboratory Handbook by Albert Klocker (1903)
"B.—IMPERFECT FUNGI (fungi imperfecti). A large number of the fungi which have been discovered one by one by mycologists cannot yet be classified in the ..."

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