NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Imperfect fungi-those that do not display a sexual phase-were formerly classified in the form phylum Deuteromycota, an invalid taxon no longer used in the present, ever-developing classification of organisms.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Deuteromycota (Greek for “second fungi") were once considered a formal phylum of the kingdom Fungi. The term is now used only informally, to denote species of fungi that are asexually reproducing members of the fungal phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.

Detailed explanation-3: -Deuteromycetes are called imperfect fungi because only their vegetative and asexual phases are known. When their sexual phases were known, they were moved to a different class-ascomycetes and basidiomycetes. When linkage was discovered, fungi were correctly identified and moved out of Deuteromycetes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Molds are Deuteromycetes, which are “second-class” fungi with no known sexual state in their life cycle, and hence, reproduce only by creating spores through mitosis. The anamorph state is another name for this asexual state.

Detailed explanation-5: -The deuteromycetes, commonly called molds, are “second-class” fungi that have no known sexual state in their life cycle, and thus reproduce only by producing spores via mitosis, This asexual state is also called the anamorph state.