perfect fungus per·fect fungus (pûr'fĭkt)
n.
A fungus known to have both sexual and asexual stages in its life cycle.
| perfect fungus
Any of various fungi that have both a sexual phase and an asexual phase and reproduce by both sexually and asexually produced spores. Ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, and zygomycetes are perfect fungi. Compare deuteromycete. |