sporangia
Fern reproductive structures
Sporangia is the plural of sporangium, the structure in fungi, ferns, mosses, and some other organisms that produces and contains spores.
When mature, sporangia typically rupture to release their spores for dispersal.
The familiar brown dots on the underside of fern fronds are clusters of sporangia.
Asexual reproductive bodies
- fernsSpore-bearing vascular plants
- mossesSmall spore-bearing plants
- fungiSpore-reproducing decomposers
- frondsDivided leaf blades
capsules · liverworts · hornworts · annulus · meiosis · gametophyte · leptosporangiate · reproduction
Grouped collections
- capsulesEncased doses of medicine
- stalkedFollowed stealthily with menace
- sessileAttached at base
- wallsVertical enclosing structures
rupture · dispersal · chambers · membranes · spherical · elongated · lobed · marginal
Moves smoothly across surface
- specimensRepresentative items for examination
- sectionsDivided portions of something
- stainingApplying dye or pigment
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
magnification · cellular · histology · preparation · observation · laboratory · botany · identification
spores
Asexual reproductive bodies
- fernsSpore-bearing vascular plants
- mossesSmall spore-bearing plants
- fungiSpore-reproducing decomposers
fronds · capsules · liverworts · hornworts · annulus · meiosis · gametophyte · leptosporangiate · reproduction
clusters
Grouped collections
walls · rupture · dispersal · chambers · membranes · spherical · elongated · lobed · marginal · terminal
slides
Moves smoothly across surface
- specimensRepresentative items for examination
- sectionsDivided portions of something
- stainingApplying dye or pigment
dissection · magnification · cellular · histology · preparation · observation · laboratory · botany · identification · cross-section