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In China, billions of Laminaria sporelings are produced in large glass houses supplied with seawater.
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Meanwhile, the team in Ascension has also had success with rearing sporelings of their own, and after further intensive searches they have found a small number of additional parsley fern plants growing near the location of the original find.
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Anogramma ascensionis gametophytes (sporelings) and sporophytes in culture.
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Since then, Dr Viswambharan Sarasan and Katie Baker of RBG Kew's CBU have managed to rear a large number of young sporelings, which are flourishing well in cultivation (4).
alexz commented on the word sporelings
from wikipedia "A sporeling is a young plant or fungus produced by a germinated spore, similar to a seedling derived from a germinated seed. They occur in algae, fungi, lichens ..."
September 10, 2016