Difference between homosporous and heterosporous.

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Homosporous produces only one type of spores.
Heterosporous produce two types of spores.
Homosporous Heterosporous
Produces only one type of spores, which are small in size. Produces two types of spores: small microspores and large megaspores.
Spores are equal in size. Spores come in two different sizes.
There is only one type of sporangia. There are two types of sporangia.
The gametophyte is bisexual. The gametophyte is unisexual.
Example: Clubmoss and Puzzle grass. Example: Selaginella and Salvinia.

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Homosporous	Heterosporous
Produces only one type of spores, which are small in size.	Produces two types of spores: small microspores and large megaspores.
Spores are equal in size.	Spores come in two different sizes.
There is only one type of sporangia.	There are two types of sporangia.
The gametophyte is bisexual.	The gametophyte is unisexual.
Example: Clubmoss and Puzzle grass.	Example: Selaginella and Salvinia.