Question

Life cycle of Funaria is not completed without water.

Choose the correct statement which supports the above statement.

• A. As Funaria is a Bryophyte plant.
• B. As branches will not develop.
• C. As fertilization takes place in presence of water only.
• D. As plant is delicate and will become dry and die without water.

Answer 1

The correct option is C As fertilization takes place in presence of water only.

In Funaria, fertilization occurs, as in other Bryophytes, when the plants are wet with rain or dew. The apical cell of the antheridium, which forms operculum absorbs water and bursts. The spirally coiled bi-flagellate antherozoids escape from antheridium, while still enclosed within a vesicle. The vesicle eventually dissolves in water and the antherozoids are set free. They reach the archegonial cluster.