Question

Special features of deuteromycetes.....?

Answer 1

Deuteromycetes—also known as Deuteromycota, Deuteromycotina, fungi imperfecti, and mitosporic fungi—are fungi that are unable to produce sexual spores and are therefore placed in their own separate phylum.

The general characteristics of Deuteromycetes are:

1. These fungi are also known as the asexual fungi or fungi imperfecti or mitosporic fungi.

2. These fungi will not reproduce asexually so known as the imperfect fungi.

3. The somatic body is characterized by the production of septate mycelium, branched hyphae and asexual life cycle.

4. The certain fungus produces appressoria and haustoria.

5. Most of the fungus reproduces by means of conidia.