 Those anamorphs that produce conidia (mitospores) were previously described as mitosporic Ascomycota.Some taxonomists placed this group into a separate artificial phylum, the Deuteromycota (or "Fungi Imperfecti").Where recent molecular analyses have identified close relationships with ascus-bearing taxa, anamorphic species have been grouped into the Ascomycota, despite the absence of the defining ascus.