Phylum Pterophyta
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Kingdom:  Plantae

    Phylum:  Pterophyta

        

Gametophyte generation:

fanth4x.jpg (305037 bytes)Fern prothallus with antheridia.

 

 

Fern antheridium 10x.jpg (326303 bytes)Fern antheridia.

 

 

Fern archegonium 10x.jpg (273647 bytes)Fern prothallus with archegonia.

 

 

Fern archegonium 40x.jpg (361694 bytes)Fern archegonia.

 

 

FERNPRO10.JPG (466485 bytes)Fern prothallus.  Note several fertilized eggs and a large, dark sporophyte in early development.

 

Sporophyte generation:

 

Fern_4xb.jpg (426075 bytes)Fern prothallus with young sporophyte growing out of it.  Note early frond developing to the left, and early rhizome to the right.

 

 
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