spore-bearing
Releasing reproductive cells
Spore-bearing describes organisms or structures that produce or carry spores—the tiny reproductive cells of fungi, ferns, mosses, and some bacteria.
A mushroom cap is a spore-bearing structure; ferns have spore-bearing fronds.
The spore-bearing surfaces of the fungus release millions of spores into the air.
Spore-spreading vascular plant
- mossSpore-bearing ground cover
- mushroomFleshy fungal body
- fungusSpore-bearing organism
- lichenSymbiotic rock dweller
horsetail · liverwort · frond · cap · gill · puffball · fertile · reproduction
Organism breaking down corpses
- forest floorGround beneath trees
- dampSlightly wet
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
log · bark · soil · woodland · understory · microhabitat · decay · symbiosis
Copying or procreation
- lifecycleStages from beginning to end
- haploidSingle chromosome complement
- diploidTwo complete chromosome sets
- meiosisGamete-producing cell division
asexual · propagation · taxonomy · classification · primitive · vascular · nonvascular · evolutionary
fern
Spore-spreading vascular plant
lichen · horsetail · liverwort · frond · cap · gill · puffball · fertile · reproduction · dispersal
decomposer
Organism breaking down corpses
- forest floorGround beneath trees
- dampSlightly wet
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
humidity · log · bark · soil · woodland · understory · microhabitat · decay · symbiosis · substrate
reproduction
Copying or procreation
- lifecycleStages from beginning to end
- haploidSingle chromosome complement
- diploidTwo complete chromosome sets
meiosis · asexual · propagation · taxonomy · classification · primitive · vascular · nonvascular · evolutionary · Paleozoic
spore-bearingseed-bearing
Producing plant embryos
flowering · fruit-bearing · cone-bearing · budding · viviparous