NEETBotanyBiological Classification
What are deuteromycetes commonly known as?
Options
- APerfect fungi
- BImperfect fungi
- CBasidiomycetes
- DAscomycetes
Correct answer
B. Imperfect fungi
Step-by-step solution
Commonly known as imperfect fungi because only the asexual or vegetative phases of these fungi are known. When the sexual forms of these fungi were discovered they were moved into classes they rightly belong to. It is also possible that the asexual and vegetative stage have been given one name (and placed under deuteromycetes) and the sexualstage another (and placed under another class). Later when the linkages were established, the fungi were correctly identified and moved out of deuteromycetes. Once perfect (sexu