The resulting conchospore germinates to form a tiny prothallus with rhizoids, which develops to a cm-scale leafy thallus.
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This eventually results in the formation of a notch at the anterior edge of the prothallus, giving it a roughly heart-shaped appearance ( cordate ).
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In contrast to the typical heart-shaped fern prothallus, " T . boschianum " gametophytes are filamentous and resemble colonies of green algae or moss protonemata.
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The gametophyte of " L . obscurum " is disc shaped prothallus, measuring an average of 1.5 cm ( 0.6 inches ) in diameter.
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It has short, inflated looking elongate 1-2 mm and . 3-. 1 mm wide lobes that have an abrupt margin at the edge, and no prothallus.
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The prothallus and apothecia are black, while the thallus areoles are brown . " Atro " is from Latin for " black " and " brunnea " for " brown ".
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In common with all ferns, " T . boschianum " exhibits a gametophyte stage in its life cycle ( alternation of generations ) and develops a haploid reproductive prothallus as an independent plant.
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In common with all ferns, " H . tunbrigense " exhibits a gametophyte stage in its life cycle ( alternation of generations ) and develops a haploid reproductive prothallus as an independent plant.
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Distinguished for his original work on'Lycopodium, Tmesipteris, Phylloglossum'and the Hymenphyllaceae ( Trans NZ Institute : Annals of Botany ); the first to give a complete account of the prothallus and embryogeny of'Tmesipteris '.
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(2 ) Synthesising 13 F1 hybrids in 4 fern genera ( an achievement in itself judged against the chances of self-fertilisation in a fern prothallus bearing both antheridia and archegonia ) and which do not lend themselves to emasculation and, therefore, ensure self-fertilisation ) and meiotic analysis of these hybrids, have led him to postulate:
