Sporophyte Diagram. In this article we will discuss about the structure of anthoceros with the help of diagrams. Fern sporophyte and spore production.
In marchantia sporophyte is represented by foot seta and capsule. Life cycle of marchantia thalli gametophytes and gemmae. Barbara crandall stotler department of plant.
It is an outgrowth of the thallus and thus is a gametophytic tissue.
Bryophyta mosses hepatophyta liverworts and anthoceraphyta hornworts prepared by. Look at the slides of fern gametophytes labeled ferm prothallium and compare them to the fern life cycle diagram in campbell biology chapter 29. The sporocarps are oval nut like bodies which appear to arise in clusters near the base of the much dissected submerged leaf. Sporophytes have two sets of chromosomes.