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After fertilization, the zygote matures and grows into a sporophyte, which in turn will form sporangia or “spore vessels.”

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Photosynthesis takes place in their green stems, and small yellow knobs form at the tip of the branch stem and contain the sporangia.

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Imprints of Cooksonia show slender branching stems ending in what appear to be sporangia.

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Haploid spores are produced by meiosis within the sporangia, and spores can be disseminated through the air or water to potentially land in more favorable environments.

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There they saw ferns with leaves instead of fronds, ferns that loved the sun, ferns that lacked sporangia altogether, and other bizarre flukes of nature.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood