Asexual reproduction

• “deuteromycetes” or Fungi Imperfecti, have no known sexual state in their life cycle.

• Most of these have affinities to Ascomycota.

• When the teleomorph is discovered, the technically correct name for the fungus is that of the teleomorph.

• ~1680 genera and 17,000 species classified here.

• The large majority of these fungi are terrestrial, and are either saprobes or parasites of plants -- relatively few are parasites of animals

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Some further information on deuteromycetes.