11. The rhizoids attach the thallus to a substrate ( food source ) and absorbs nutrients. 12. They do not have proper roots, but have threadlike rhizoids that anchor them to their substrate. 13. Individual stems are once or twice pinnate, rarely with branches and only a few short rhizoids . 14. There he discovered that the plant had one cell and the nucleus was always located in the rhizoid . 15. Root-like structures called rhizoids may appear on the stolon as well, anchoring the hyphae to the substrate. 16. Others are eucarpic, meaning they produce other structures, such as rhizoids , in addition to the zoosporangium and zoospores. 17. The name is derived from Latin word funis meaning a rope . In funaria root like structures called Rhizoids are present 18. The inner surface of the smooth rhizoids is smooth while that of the tuberculate rhizoid will have internal cell wall projections. 19. The inner surface of the smooth rhizoids is smooth while that of the tuberculate rhizoid will have internal cell wall projections. 20. The resulting conchospore germinates to form a tiny prothallus with rhizoids , which develops to a cm-scale leafy thallus.
