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Concept information

Preferred term

Deuteromycotina

Type

  • Organism

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • Deuteromycetes
  • Deuteromycota
  • fungi imperfecti
  • mitosporic fungi

Scope note

  • The Fungi Imperfecti / Deuteromycetes group is not accepted in the 2007 classification by Hibbett, D.S., et al., 2007. Mycological Research 111: 509-547. The term is retained for the purposes of retrieval of historical records on this group and for the purpose of providing a placement of species that have not found another placement in modern fungal classification.

Has taxonomic rank

In other languages

  • Spanish

  • Deuteromycetes
  • Deuteromycota
  • fungi imperfecti
  • mitosporic fungi

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5226

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