gamete

Royal fern Osmunda regalis with both frond types

Scaly male fern Dryopteris affinis plant, individual frond, and spore detail

Parsley fern Cryptogramma crispa showing both forms of the frond

Maidenhair spleenwort Asplenuum trichomanes tuft of this small and pretty fern found growing in a churchyard wall

Harts tongue fern Phyllitis scolopendrium one leaf showing spores

Hard fern Blechnum spicant with basal fronds and the paler erect fronds at the centre of the plnat, roots included