“At maturity, the antheridium bursts releasing the sperm cells or antherozoids.”

“The antherozoids, always many in number, develop from mother cells enclosed in the jacket of the antheridium.”

“Spermatozoids are formed in the antheridium, and these enter the archegonium and fertilize the germ cell.”

“The antherozoid is an essential component of the reproductive process in cryptogams, as it serves as one of the mobile male reproductive bodies found in the antheridia.”

“The product of the union of an antherozoid and an oosphere is termed an oospore.”

“Notwithstanding their general similarity, the archegonia of mosses differ externally from antheridia in having a longer neck and longer stalk.”

“Studies on development of antheridia and antheridial dehiscence have been conducted by Davie and Hartman.”

“Other aberrant gametophyte phenotypes were observed among the group of mutants that could form antheridia.”