1/4
For Lab Practical
Name | Mastery | Learn | Test | Matching | Spaced | Call with Kai | Chat |
|---|
No analytics yet
Send a link to your students to track their progress
Fern gametophyte (prothallus)
Haploid
Heart‑shaped, tiny, green
Hermaphroditic (has both antheridia + archegonia)
Male: antheridia on edges (small green circles)
Female: archegonia in center (larger dark circles)

Young sporophyte growing from gametophyte
Diploid
Sporophyte
Baby sporophyte emerges from archegonium
Has first root, leaf, and stem

Fern stem (cross section)
Diploid
Sporophyte
Shows vascular bundles
Xylem + phloem stain purple/blue/pink
Key ID: vascular tissue present (unlike mosses)

Sori (Clusters of Sporangia)
Diploid tissue (sporangium walls)
Inside: spore mother cells (diploid)
Undergo meiosis → haploid spores
Found on backside of fronds (fern leaf)

Fern plant (sporophyte)
Diploid
Sporophyte
The full fern with fronds, stems, roots
Dominant, long‑lived generation
Has true vascular tissue
