deuteromycete

enUK Related to deuteromycete: Deuteromycota, Mitosporic fungi

deu·ter·o·my·cete

D5177100 (do͞o′tə-rō-mī′sēt′)n. Any of various fungi that reproduce only asexually, by means of conidia, or whose sexual stage has not yet been discovered. The deuteromycetes are no longer recognized as a valid taxonomic group. Also called imperfect fungus.
[deutero- (from that fact that the deuteromycetes were originally considered an inferior or secondary group because they do not reproduce sexually) + -mycete.]
deu′ter·o·my·ce′tous adj.

deu•ter•o•my•cete

(ˌdu tə roʊˈmaɪ sit, -maɪˈsit, ˌdyu-)

n. any fungus of the group Fungi Imperfecti. [< New Latin Deuteromycetes]