Thallophytes

The thallophytes are a polyphyletic group of non-mobile organisms. They were a defunct division of Kingdom Plantae that included fungus, lichens and algae and occasionally bryophytes, bacteria and the myxomycota. They were a defunct division of Kingdom Plantae that included fungus, lichens and algae and occasionally bryophytes, bacteria and the Myxomycota. They have a hidden reproductive system and hence they are also called cryptogamae, as opposed to phanerogamae. The book focuses on reproductive system and .physical characteristics of thallophytes