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Megaspores

      Megaspores, also called macrospores, are a type of spore that is present in heterosporous plants. These types of plants have two spore types, megaspores and microspores. Generally speaking, the megaspore, or large spore, germinates into a female (egg-producing) gametophyte, which is fertilized by sperm produced by the male gametophyte developing from the microspore.

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Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. II, fig. 13 EK9
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 8 EK13
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. II, fig. 1 EK18
Costatheca diskoensisAD, Knobloch (1981), Pl. II, fig. 2 EK19
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. II, fig. 3 EK20
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 23 EK24
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 15 EK35
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. IIII, fig. 12 EK55
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. IIII, fig. 16-17 EK57
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 27 EK21
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 25 EK23
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 22 EK34
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. IV, fig. 7 EK45
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. III, fig. 8 EK47
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. IV, fig. 10 EK48
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 9 EK50
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. II, fig. 16 EK12
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. II, fig. 18 EK17
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 26 EK22
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 24 EK25

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