#prothallus

[southcarolinawoman]

Okay, this wikipedia article is really good:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prothallus

And helped me with a lot of what I was struggling with.

Basically it tells exactly how a fern gametophyte (prothallus) works.

I have some fern spores that I definitely want to see if I can get them to germinate and watch for the little prothallus to come up.

Babies.