Fungi Imperfecti

[ im-per-fek-tahy ]

/ ˌɪm pərˈfɛk taɪ /

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a class of fungi for which a sexually reproductive stage of the life cycle has not been found.

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<New Latin: literally, imperfect fungi

Enter unassuming fungi: clean, plant-based solution that could possibly normalize blood sugar.
Mushrooms Are Magic for Women Trying to Lose Weight|Liza Gates|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They have long since been touted as medicinal fungi, boasting the ability to strengthen the immune system and lower cholesterol.
Mushrooms Are Magic for Women Trying to Lose Weight|Liza Gates|May 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All grains produce lectins, which selectively bind to unique proteins on the surfaces of bacteria, fungi, and insects.
Wheat Threatens All Humans, New Research Shows|David Perlmutter, MD|December 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Turns out the fungi in our inguinal crease are not the same ones on our heel pad or behind our ear.
Happy Summer. You’re Covered in Fungus.|Kent Sepkowitz|July 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST

After all, lots of infections course through the blood—viruses and bacteria and fungi.
‘Dark Shadows’ Returns: A User’s Guide to Drinking Blood|Kent Sepkowitz|May 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The whitish patches of pharyngomycosis leptothrica are largely composed of these fungi.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Other fungi were of dazzling whiteness, which Lejoillie likened to a casket of pearls, supported by an azure stalk.
In the Wilds of Florida|W.H.G. Kingston
But the oddest thing to us are the bunches of fungi, tawny-coloured, piled up in heaps, and evidently very popular!
Round the Wonderful World|G. E. Mitton
Spores of parasitic fungi enter the cracks, germinate and infect the heartwood.
Our National Forests|Richard H. Douai Boerker
Popular discrimination between "toadstool" and "mushroom," 16-22; popular distrust of fungi, 15.
Our Edible Toadstools and Mushrooms and How to Distinguish Them|William Hamilton Gibson

Fungi Imperfecti

[ ĭm′pər-fĕk′tī ]

A phylum of fungi that are without a sexual stage in their life cycle, reproducing only by asexual spores.Deuteromycetes