Explanation:
On germination, the spores of Funaria give rise to protonema. The protonema is an elongate, thread-like structure that develops from the germinated spore of mosses and some liverworts. It is the initial stage of the organism which turns to gametophyte at maturity. Protonema is a filamentous green chain of cells that forms the juvenile gametophyte stage. The buds forks on the chloronemata of protonema and differentiate into gametophores.
