Moss sporophyte. Polarised light micrograph of a transverse section through the sporophyte of a moss plant. Mosses do not produce flowers but reproduc

---

Moss sporophyte. Polarised light micrograph of a transverse section through the sporophyte of a moss plant. Mosses do not produce flowers but reproduce using spores produced in capsules (sporangia) on the end of stalks known as sporophytes. Magnification: x200 when printed 10 centimetres wide.

---

Size: 4476px × 3904px
Photo credit: © MAREK MIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, 1, biological, biology, botanical, botany, bryophyte, bryophytes, cell, cells, circle, circular, cut, cut-, cut-outs, cutout, cutouts, flora, light, lm, micrograph, microscope, microscopy, moss, nature, outs, plant, plants, polarised, reproductive, section, sectioned, seta, single, sporophyte, stalk, stem, structure, structures, tissue, transverse, wildlife