Question

Name one entity that exhibits elater mechanism for spore dispersal.

Answer 1

Elater mechanism:

1. For plants that do not seed, these elaters are responsible for spore dissemination (non-angiosperm plants).
2. Along with the spores, elaters evolve into sporophytes.
3. Elaters respond to moisture in the environment by changing their form.
4. Marchantia, for example, contains elaters.
5. The elaters are disjointed in this location.
6. The elaters of certain species remain linked to the spore capsule's inside.
7. It produces both male sex organs (antheridia) and female eggs (archegonia).
8. Marchantia is a gametophyte (a type of fungus).
9. Male gametes called antherozoids swim across water to fertilise the egg of another marchantia plant.
10. Marchantia lacks vascular bundles.