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Conifer seeds are produced in tiny scale-like things called seed cones or ovulate cones. These are completely different from the yellow, wormlike, pollen-producing cones you shook next to your car. At pollination time, seed cones are so small and inconspicuous that most people never notice them.
Scanning electron micrographs of conifer pollen. (a) Chamaecyparis pollen with orbicules (arrow) on the surface and indentations due to natural dehydration. (b) Pinus pollen showing body (arrow) and two sacci (wings).