A somatic or reproductive structure that originates without nuclear recombination (asexual reproduction); the imperfect part of the life cycle of fungi. [G. ana, up, + morphe, form]
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ana·morph (anґə-morf″) [ana- + -morph] the stage of a fungus where reproduction results from mitosis of a parent cell by means of conidia only (asexual spores), as opposed to a teleomorph. See also imperfect fungus, under fungus. Called also asexual stage or state and imperfect stage or state.Medical dictionary. 2011.