Read the following five statements (A to E) and select the option with all correct statements: (a) Mosses and lichens are the first organisms to colonize bare rock. (b) Selaginella is a homosporous pteridophyte. (c) Coralloid roots in Cycas have VAM. (d) Main plant body in bryophytes is gametophytic, whereas in pteridophytes it is sporophytic. (e) In gymnosperms, male and female gametophytes are present within sporan

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Mosses are found in moist, shady places, moist rocks, and damp walls or on tree trunks as well as lichens grow on rock surfaces & named by Theophrastus are the first organisms to colonize bare rock. Selaginella is a heterosporous pteridophye, meaning both male and female spores are produced by the plant. Coralloid roots of Cycas have nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria. Mycorrhiza (VAM) is seen in the roots of Pinus . Main plant body in bryophytes is gametophyte because gametophyte is dominant over sporophyte as gametoph