Typical moss life cycle is on p. 419 of your text 1. Young sporophytes have stomates for gas exchange and they may undergo photosynthesis. Therefore they are not as dependent on the gametophyte as liverworts 5. A ring of teeth, the peristome , is hygroscopic and aids in spore dispersal. Each capsule may contain up to 50 million spores.
Asexual reproduction is via fragmentation or gemmae - small multicellular bodies.
It grows on moist soil and rocks and consists of a flat unisexual thallus with upright reproductive structures called antheridiophores and archegoniophores which bear the antheridia and archegonia, respectively. The life cycle of Marchantia is on p. 411 of your text 2. The enlarged archegonium is called a calyptra . At maturity the sporophyte consists of a foot embedded in the archegonium, a seta or stalk, and a sporangium. At maturity the calyptra falls off and the spores are shed following dehiscence of the capsule.