noun
imperfect fungus; deuteromycete
A mycological term for fungi that reproduce only asexually; the sexual stage is unknown or absent. Used in scientific contexts.
不完全菌は有性生殖が確認されていない菌類の総称だ。
Imperfect fungi is a general term for fungi whose sexual reproduction has not been confirmed.
完全菌 refers to fungi with a known sexual reproductive stage, the opposite of 不完全菌.
Compound of 不完全 (incomplete, imperfect) and 菌 (fungus, bacterium). A calque of the English 'imperfect fungus'.