Multiple choice

Calyptra in Funaria is

  1. outgrowth from foot of sporogonium

  2. protective structure derived from venter wall

  3. diploid

  4. cluster of leaves surrounding young sporogonium
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Explanation

In bryophytes, the calyptra (plural calyptrae) is an enlarged archegonial venter that protects the capsule containing the embryonic sporophyte. The calyptra is usually lost before the spores are released from the capsule.

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