Question

The saprophyte is attached to the gametophyte in
(a)Algae
(b)Fungi
(c)Bryophytes
(d)Pteridophytes

Answer 1

Hint: The name used to refer to all land plants that do not have true vascular tissue and are therefore called non-vascular plants. These plants do not have wood to lend them structural support nor do they have large leaves or showy cones or flowers.

Complete answer:
Bryophytes are gametophyte dominant, meaning that the more prominent, longer-lived plant is the haploid gametophyte. The diploid sporophytes appear only occasionally and remain attached to for nutritionally dependent on the gametophyte.

Additional Information: -The absence of specialized tissues like xylem and phloem for transporting water from the soil and dissolved food from leaves throughout the organism limits terrestrial life forms to being very short plants, since the only way to move substance through the plant is by its body which is by osmosis and diffusion from surface moisture.
-Bryophytes do not have roots but have rhizoids, which are relatively simple, sometimes multicellular filaments of thin-walled cells.
-The bryophyte reproduces vegetatively in which a piece that breaks off a gametophyte and then lands in suitable habitat will grow into a new gametophyte.
-The bryophyte reproduces sexually in which the cycle of fertilization and meiosis involves an alternation of generation between the haploid gamete-producing stage and the haploid organism.

So, the correct answer is, ‘Bryophytes.’

Note: -The sporophyte consists of a spore- containing capsule which, depending on the species, may be stalked or stalkless. Each spore contains a mix of genes from the two parents and on successful germination will give rise to new gametophytes.
-There are three types of bryophytes:
Mosses
Liverworts
Hornworts