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1. Bryophytes are moist, shady and terrestrial.
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1. The algae are either fresh water or marine.
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2. The rhizoids anchor the plant to the substratum.
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2. In higher members of algae the holdfast anchors the plant to the substratum.
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3. The plant body is always multicellular; no unicellular forms are there.
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3. Both the multicellular and unicellular forms of algae are present.
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4. Sexual reproduction is oogamous.
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4. Sexual reproduction is isogamous, anisogamous or oogamous.
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5. Presence of sterile jacket around the sex organs.
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5. There is no sterile jacket present around the sex organs.
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6. The life cycle has the sporophyte differentiation stage.
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6. Absence of sporophyte differentiation stage.
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7. Presence of spores or stomata.
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7. Absence of spores or stomata.
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8. Chlorophyll is the predominant pigment present.
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8. Few chlorophyll pigment are present rest of them are other pigments depending upon the type of algae.
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9. The female sex organ is referred as archegonium.
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9. The female sex organ is oogonia.
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10. Alternation of generation is homologous.
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10. Alternation of generation is heteromorphic.
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11. The tissue differentiation is well defined.
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11. The tissue differentiation is not well defined.
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12. Vegetative reproduction is common whereas the asexual reproduction is absent.
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12. Vegetative as well as the asexual reproduction is present. The asexual reproduction occurs by formation of Aplanospores, zoospore etc.
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