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Definition of Deuteromycetes
1. Noun. Form class; coextensive with subdivision Deuteromycota.
Generic synonyms: Class
Group relationships: Deuteromycota, Deuteromycotina, Fungi Imperfecti, Subdivision Deuteromycota, Subdivision Deuteromycotina
Medical Definition of Deuteromycetes
1. A class of fungi known asimperfect fungi. The members of this class, which includes Penicillium and Aspergillus and otherfungi important in medicine and food science, all lack a sexualstage but are otherwise unrelated to each other. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deuteromycetes
Literary usage of Deuteromycetes
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 name deuteromycetes, also applied to the imperfect fungi, ..."
2. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1915)
"deuteromycetes The members of the present group have of late years been considered as
... The deuteromycetes are divided into three primary groups:— 1. ..."
3. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1913)
"deuteromycetes The members of the present group have of late years been considered as
... The deuteromycetes are divided into three primary groups:— 1. ..."
4. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology and Siviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"Most of these fungi belong to Fungi Imperfecti (deuteromycetes). Though a large
number of species are recorded on dipterocarp seeds, their disease ..."
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