n pl :  an order of imperfect fungi lacking conidiophores or having conidiophores that are superficial and free or gathered in tufts or cushion-shaped masses but never enclosed in a fruiting body that is a pycnidium or a compact often saucer-shaped mass of threads with the conidiophores lacking tufts .
 
 
 
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