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Photo shows sporangia in seedless plant Bryum capillare.

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Stalks with bulb-shaped sporangia at the top grow up from the mass.

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Part B is a micrograph of long, thread-like mycelia and small, oval sporangia.

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Haploid spores are produced by meiosis within the sporangia, and spores can be disseminated through the air or water to potentially land in more favorable environments.

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There they saw ferns with leaves instead of fronds, ferns that loved the sun, ferns that lacked sporangia altogether, and other bizarre flukes of nature.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood