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.
同型孢子蕨类的孢子体可经由同配子体自、配子体配两类配系统或以无配生殖的方式产生,配子体配又可分为配子体自配子体两种方式。