The Fungi imperfecti (redirected from Deuteromycota) or imperfect fungi, also known as Deuteromycota are fungi which do not fit into the commonly established taxonomic classifications of fungi that are based on biological species concepts or morphological characteristics of sexual structures because their sexual form of reproduction has never been observed; hence the name "imperfect fungi." Only their asexual form of reproduction is known, meaning that this group of fungus produces their spores asexually. The Deuteromycota were once considered a formal phylum of the kingdom Fungi. The term is now used only informally, to denote species of fungi that are asexually...more »