Q. A larger numbers of Deuteromycetes are
Solution:
There is only asexual and vegetative phase known so these are commonly regarded as imperfect fungi. It is also possible that the asexual and vegetative stage have been given one name (and placed under deuteromycetes) and the sexual stage another (and placed under another class).
By the establishment of linkages, the perfect stage (or sexual form) discovered in these fungi, they are moved out of deuteromycetes to ascomycetes and basidiomycetes. The deuteromycetes reproduces only by asexual spores known as conidia. The mycelium is septate and branched in these fungi. Some of them are saprophytes or parasites while many of them are decomposers of litter (organic matter) and help in mineral cycling.
Examples: Alternaria, Colletotrichum and Trichoderma.
By the establishment of linkages, the perfect stage (or sexual form) discovered in these fungi, they are moved out of deuteromycetes to ascomycetes and basidiomycetes. The deuteromycetes reproduces only by asexual spores known as conidia. The mycelium is septate and branched in these fungi. Some of them are saprophytes or parasites while many of them are decomposers of litter (organic matter) and help in mineral cycling.
Examples: Alternaria, Colletotrichum and Trichoderma.