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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. 4 EK29
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 9 EK30
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 19 EK37
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. III, fig. 4 EK43
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. IV, fig. 9 EK49
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. IIII, fig. 11 EK54
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 21 EK32
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. II, fig. 10 EK41
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. IIII, fig. 2 EK52
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 10 EK2
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 14 EK26
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 18 EK39
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. III, fig. 6 EK46
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. IV, fig. 4 EK51
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 3 EK3
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 6 EK14
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. II, fig. 8 EK28
Costatheca diskoensisKnobloch (1981), Pl. I, fig. 16-17 EK31
Echitriletes zemechensisKnobloch (1984), Pl. VIII , fig. 4 EK150
Echitriletes zemechensisKnobloch (1984), Pl. VIII. , fig. 6 EK166

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