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spores  

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  • Reproductive bodies of the lower plants (cryptogams) such as ferns and mosses. As with pollen of flowering plants (Spermatophytes), the walls of spores of mosses, hepatics and ferns consist of highly polymerised terpens (sporopollenin). [Source: Encyclopedia of Environmental Change; spores]

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