Multiple choice

Which of the following bryophytes harbours nitrogen fixing blue-green algae in its thallus?

  1. Pogonatum

  2. Riccia

  3. Marchantia

  4. Anthoceros

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Rounded pots of blue-green algae (such as Nostoc) are seen in the ventral side of the thallus. These are called as slime pores. 

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