Plant reproductive morphology be identical isospores or come in different sizes (microspores and megaspores), but strictly speaking, spores and sporophytes are neither male nor female because they do not produce gametes. The alternate generation, the gametophyte, produces gametes, eggs and/or sperm. A gametophyte can be monoicous (bisexual), producing both eggs and sperm or dioicous (unisexual), either female (producing eggs) or male (producing sperm). In the bryophytes (liverworts, mosses and hornworts), the sexual gametophyte is the dominant generation. In ferns and seed plants (including cycads, conifers, flowering plants, etc.) the sporophyte is the dominant generation. The obvious visible plant, whether a small herb or
Michael Ferns working on commercial pieces for clients such as the NHS and Diabetes UK, Ferns also directed the music video 'The Clown' for Beecake, the band of Lord of the Rings star Billy Boyd. The video was also screened at the 2013 Raindance Film Festival. Recently, Ferns was approached by the Aberlour Children's charity to direct a promotional film to commemorate the First World War centenary. Using never before heard words from real soldiers, "Letter From An Old Boy" tells the story of young men fighting on the front line in World War One, writing back to the orphanage they called