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anamorph
1. A somatic or reproductive structure that originates without nuclear recombination (asexual reproduction).
2. The imperfect part of the life-cycle of fungi.
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anamorph
A somatic or reproductive structure that originates without nuclear recombination (asexual reproduction); the imperfect part of the life cycle of fungi.

The teleomorph describes a fungus when it reproduces sexually. The anamorph is a name that refers to the fungus when it reproduces asexually. The holomorph refers to the "whole fungus".