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The gametophytes grow as flat thalli on the soil with embedded gametangia.

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In a process called plasmogamy, the gametangia fuse to form a zygosporangium with multiple haploid nuclei.

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If the plus and minus mating types are in close proximity, extensions called gametangia form between them.

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In the gametangia, precursor cells give rise to gametes by mitosis.

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The cytology of zygospore-formation is not known in detail; the so-called gametes which fuse are multinucleate and are no doubt of the nature of gametangia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various