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Why is Fungi imperfecti called so?

  1. The sex organs develop very late in the life cycle.

  2. The sexual reproductive cycle is not known.

  3. The nutrition is of photosynthetic type.

  4. The nutrition is of saprophytic type.
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Explanation

Imperfect fungi is the least understood group of fungi overall. Fungi imperfecti is called so because the complete sexual reproductive cycle is unknown. When the fungi has just been discovered, it is automatically placed in the imperfect fungi group. When the exact sexual cycle is found, the fungi is classified in one of the threadlike, sac, club or lichen. The scientific name is Deuteromycytes.

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