Moss showing diploid sporophytes
Moss sporophytes that contain millions of haploid spores
Moss sporophytes with cap on left, capsule/operculum in center, and capsule showing spores on right at 20/40x
Moss spores at 400x
Germinating moss spore at 200x
Protonema being established from several germinating spores at 400x
Protonema at 400x
Gametophore developing from protonema at 20x
Protonema on side of bank giving rise to leafy gametophores
Moss gametophores (haploid)
Polytrichum moss with brown splash cups full of antheridia (male sex structures)
Different types of male antheridia at 20x
Different types of moss antheridia with sterile filaments (paraphyses) at 400x
Moss gametophore with female sex structures (archegonia) in the center at 20x
Archegonia and archegonium with neck canal and venter that holds the egg cell at 100x
Developing sporophyte with unfertilized archegonia in front at 20x/100x
A rare double sporophyte fertilization at 20x
Newly formed moss sporophytes with green, photosynthetic caps
Maturing moss sporophytes on step
Two different types of asexual moss gemmae at 20x
Two types of moss gemmae cells at 400x
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