Deuteromycota

Examples of Deuteromycota in the following topics:

• Deuteromycota: The Imperfect Fungi

  • Phylum Deuteromycota is a polyphyletic group of asexually-reproducing fungi that do not display a sexual phase; they are known as imperfect.
  • They are classified as belonging to the form Phylum Deuteromycota.
  • Deuteromycota is a polyphyletic group where many species are more closely related to organisms in other phyla than to each other; hence it cannot be called a true phylum and must, instead, be given the name form phylum.
  • Reproduction of Deuteromycota is strictly asexual, occuring mainly by production of asexual conidiospores .