imperfect-stage

imperfect stage

noun Mycology.
a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which either no spores or asexual spores, as conidia, are produced.

Origin:
1890–95

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imperfect stage n.
The asexual phase in the life cycle of a fungus.

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