Homosporous ferns produce sporophytes by intra gametophytic selfing, inter gametophytic mating, or apogamy.Gametangium ontogeny, genetic load, and ploidy affect the mating system of each species.

摘要同型孢蕨类的孢体同体自、体两类育系统或以无生殖的方式产生，体又分为体自和体两种方式。