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perfect fungus

American

noun

a fungus which utilizes both sexually and asexually produced spores.

perfect fungus Scientific

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

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perfect fungi

plural

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