A sporophyte is a multicellular diploid generation found in plants and algae that undergo alternation of generations. It produces haploid spores that develop into a gametophyte. The gametophyte then makes gametes that fuse and grow into a sporophyte.

The gamete producing and usually haploid phase, producing the zygote from which the sporophyte arises(in the life cycle of plants with alternating generations). It is the dominant form in bryophytes
