imperfect fungus

imperfect fungus

noun
a fungus for which only the asexual reproductive stage is known, as any fungus of the fungi imperfecti.

Origin:
1890–95
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Medical Dictionary

imperfect fungus im·per·fect fungus (ĭm-pûr'fĭkt)
n.
Any of various fungi of the phylum Fungi Imperfecti, including Aspergillus, Candida, Cryptococcus, and other human pathogens.

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imperfect fungus  
See deuteromycete.
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