Question

5. What is apophysis and columella respectively?
(A) Swelling beneath the sporangium and structure
supporting sporangium.
(B) Both are same structures that produce spores.
(C) Apophysis produces spores and columella spreads
(D) The stalk of spores and the capsule protecting
spores.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Spores are not produced in the apophysis but in the theca (or urn), the area between the apophysis and the mouth. ... Many mosses have a columella, a column of sterile tissue that typically extends through the theca and which is surrounded by the spore-producing cells