Saprophyte vs Sporophyte - What's the difference?
saprophyte | sporophyte |
(botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.
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As nouns the difference between saprophyte and sporophyte
is that saprophyte is any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria while sporophyte is a plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.sporophyte
English
(wikipedia sporophyte)Noun
(en noun)- (b'') sporophyte''' with foot reduced, the entire ' sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
