alleryStart learning →The free-living heart-shaped gametophyte of a fern is called the
Asorus
Bprothallus
Cindusium
Dstrobilus
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. prothallus
Fern spores germinate into small green prothalli bearing antheridia and archegonia.
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