A heterogenous phylum of fungi which lack a sexual phase or of which the sexual phase is not known Some undoubtedly represent the conidium stages of various Ascomycetes It is not considered a natural phylum and is also called the Deuteromycota The group is divided into the orders Sphaeligropsidales Melanconiales and Moniliales It includes the genera Penicillium and Aspergillus which reproduce asexually by means of conidia
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