Oedogonium
Oedogonium reproduces asexually by fragmentation and by producing large, wallless zoospores with an eyespot, contractile vacuoles, and a ring of flagella. The motile zoospores are released from the parent cells and move to a suitable substrate. The flagella break down and secure the developing zoospore so that a new filament is able to develop by cell division.
	Oedogonium reproduces sexually by producing oogonia, which each contain a single large nonflagellate egg cell, and antheridia, which contain small sperm with multiple flagella. Some species are monoecious and can self- fertilize. Dioecious species produce either the egg or the sperm and thus require two filaments for fertilization to occur, which increases genetic diversity. Some species produce dwarf male plants that grow near the oogonia.