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spo·ro·phyte

n :  an individual or generation of a plant exhibiting alternation of generations that bears asexual spores, is usu. not clearly differentiated in algae and fungi, and in vascular plants is the conspicuous form ordinarily seen - compare GAMETOPHYTE  spo*ro*phyt*ic adj 
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  sap·ro·phyte 

 
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