Differentiate between Liverworts and Mosses.
a. The plant body of a liverwort like Marchantia is thalloid, while mosses have upright axes with spirally arranged leaves.
b. Asexual reproduction by gemmae is a characteristic feature of mosses.
c. In mosses, the gametophyte has a filamentous protonema stage, which is absent in liverworts.
d. The rhizoids in mosses are multicellular and branched, while they can be unicellular in liverworts.
e. The sporophyte in mosses is more elaborate than that in liverworts.
f. An elaborate mechanism of spore dispersal is present in both liverworts and mosses.
g. The leafy stage in mosses bears the sex organs.
