Exposing The Spores From It’s Concealed Disguise

The sorus clusters on the Angiopteris evecta ferns is on the edge of both side of the leaves. The sporangium clusters are approximately about a 1mm in size, which is seen with a naked eye. The sporangium capsules range from 9 to 11 in each clusters.
The shape of the sporangium capsules is buttress from the back, which opens from the sides forming a tear shape towards the front, which meets in the middle of an opposing sporangium capsules.
The Angiopteris evecta sporangium clusters don’t have an annulus, which has only has a membrane to help to releases the spores.

The sporangium capsules is a hard and woody nut like texture, with parallel lines going across the capsules.
The spores shape is a sphere, with an opaque white colour to yellowish-brown, which looked like silica beads.
The range of spores in the sporangium capsules is an approximately about 1000 or more.
Sporeing of the Angiopteris evecta spores, needs the right combination of temperature and moisture to release the spores for it to germinate.

: A microscopic image of an Angiopteris evecta spores at 200X

: Here a microscopic image of a sporangium clusters of an Angiopteris evecta in it’s developmental stage of maturing taken at 10X

: At 60X microscopic image of developmental stage of maturing of an Angiopteris evecta sporangium clusters

: Early sporangium cluster of an Angiopteris evecta developmental stage of sporling

: New microscopic images taken at 100x left side of the edge of the leaf.

: A close up microscopie image of sporangium clusters of an Angiopteris evecta at 60X

: A microscopic image at 200X of early sporangium clusters of an Angiopteris eveta capsules

: Another angle of a microscopic image at 200X of early sporangium clusters of an Angiopteris evecta capsules

: Microscopic image of sporangium clusterof an Angiopteris evecta at 200X showing its developmental stage

: Here showing that developmental stage of maturing of an Angiopteris evecta sporangium clusters is ready to spore

: Angiopteris evecta spores with unusual double spore in a sporangium cluster.

: As it matures of an Angiopteris evecta sporangium clusters become darker in colour this was taken at 60X

: A side-view of a mature sporangium cluster with the spores in the back ground.

: Here is a microscopic image of the two spore clusters one on the left is back of an old cluster. One on the right is the front view of mature cluster.

: A microscopic image of an Angiopteris evecta sporangium cluster at it full maturing ready to relase it spores taken at 200X

: Here is a microscopic image of a sporangium capsule with a transparent membrane.

: A closer microscopic image of sporangium cluster with spores emerging.

: Here a microscopic image of the sporangium cluster exposing emerging spores.

: Microscopic image of sporangium cluster with emerging spores from Angiopteris evecta fern.

: A front view of spore capsule with emerging spores showing the texture of spore capsule.

: Here a side view of the Angiopteris evecta sporangium cluster at 100x magnification

: Here a microscopic image of the Angiopteris evecta sporangium cluster, which has a chloroplasts pigment in its spores.

: Two Angiopteris evecta cluster showing exposing meiosis stage occurring in spores.

: Angiopteris evecta sporangium cluster complete meiosis of spores. 300x magnification.

: Here is a caption of the sporangium cluster showing meiosis has occur. Magnify 300x

: A side view of Angiopteris evecta sporangium cluster exposing gametophytes spores. Magnify 300x

: Angiopteris evecta sporangium cluster complete meiosis of the spores. 600x magnification.

: Another angle of Angiopteris evecta sporangium clusters capsules with it’s spore showing from an Angiopteris evecta

: An Angiopteris evecta sporangium clusters showing its spores

: Here is an empty of an Angipteris evecta sporangium clusters after sporling

: A view of inside of the sporangium capsule showing the few spore left behind.