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Protonema is...

Protonema is

A

Fossil pteridophyte

B

A part of the sporophyte of Funaria

C

The juvenile phase of the moss gametophyte

D

None of the above

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c
Protonema. It is green, septate, filamentous algae like which is borne after the germination of moss haploid spores.
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