31. Unlike in other bryophytes , the egg-producing perichaetial leaves or other protective tissues. 32. They fruit on soil or plant debris, sometimes on burn sites or among bryophytes . 33. It had anatomical features intermediate between those of the bryophytes and vascular plants or tracheophytes. 34. Bryophytes first appeared during the early Paleozoic.35. The stream banks and old buildings within the wood are home to rich bryophyte colonies. 36. He studied how cryptogam communities ( lichens and bryophytes ) change with differing forest composition. 37. Ponds have unusual plant species, and the site is rich in fungi and bryophytes . 38. Bryophyte reproduces sexually but its commonly seen life forms are all haploid, which produce gametes.39. Although some mosses have quite complex water-conducting vessels, bryophytes lack true vascular tissue. 40. Even in other bryophytes , the sporophyte is persistent and disperses spores over an extended period.