Return to Menu Page, Division PhaeophytaFucus is commonly known as seaweed and usually grows attached to rocks in intertidal zones. Branches, known as thalli, have receptacles developing at the tips. Special hallow chambers, known as conceptacles contain gametangia (illustrated below). Sperm and eggs are released into the water where fertilization takes place.
Habit of Fucus.
Photomicrograph, 10x, and diagram of the cross section of a male conceptacle.
Photomicrograph, 10x, and diagram of the cross section of a female conceptacle.Return to Menu Page, Division Phaeophyta