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| [[Image:Fern spores P1180804.jpg|thumb|Fern sori, clusters of meiosporangia on the underside of the leaf]] | | [[Image:Fern spores P1180804.jpg|thumb|Fern sori, clusters of meiosporangia on the underside of the leaf]] |
| [[Image:Sporic meiosis.png|thumb|Spores produced in a sporic life cycle.]] | | [[Image:Sporic meiosis.png|thumb|Spores produced in a sporic life cycle.]] |
| A simple reproductive body, usually composed of a single detached cell, and containing no [[embryo]].{{SCH}} | | A simple reproductive body, usually composed of a single detached cell, and containing no [[embryo]].{{SCH}} |
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