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The female counterpart to the antheridium in cryptogams is the archegonium, and in flowering plants is the gynoecium. An antheridium typically consists of sterile cells and spermatogenous tissue. The sterile cells may form a central support structure or surround the spermatogenous tissue as a protective jacket.
Funaria hygrometrica, the bonfire moss [1] or common cord-moss, [1] ... At the apex of the main plant axis, the antheridium is borne. This is the male part of the shoot.
Polytrichum commune (also known as common haircap, [2] great golden maidenhair, [2] great goldilocks, [2] common haircap moss, or common hair moss) is a species of moss found in many regions with high humidity and rainfall. The species can be exceptionally tall for a moss with stems often exceeding 30 cm (12 in) and rarely reaching 70 cm (27.5 ...
The moss Mnium hornum has the gametophyte as the dominant generation. It is dioicous: male plants produce only antheridia in terminal rosettes, female plants produce only archegonia in the form of stalked capsules. [26] Seed plant gametophytes are also dioicous.
Polytrichum is a genus of mosses — commonly called haircap moss or hair moss — which contains approximately 70 species that have a cosmopolitan distribution. The genus Polytrichum has a number of closely related sporophytic characters. The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek words polys, meaning "many", and thrix, meaning "hair".
When a moss spore germinates it grows to produce a filament of cells (called the protonema). The mature gametophyte of mosses develops into leafy shoots that produce sex organs that produce gametes. Eggs develop in archegonia and sperm in antheridia. [6]
Fissidens adianthoides, the maidenhair pocketmoss, [3] is a North American moss in the family Fissidentaceae.It was first described by Johann Hedwig in 1801. [4] The Nitinaht First Nations of Vancouver Island have used maidenhair moss to bandage wounds.
Pogonatum urnigerum is a species of moss in the family Polytrichaceae, commonly called urn haircap. [2] The name comes from "urna" meaning "urn" and "gerere" meaning "to bear" which is believed to be a reference made towards the plant's wide-mouthed capsule. [3]