A sporocarp is a specialised type of structure found is some ferns whose primary functions is production and release of spores Among ferns sporocarps are found only in three families Azollaceae, Salviniaceae and Marsileaceae of order Salviniales. In former two, sporocarp is nothing more than a sorus but in last one i.e. in Marsiliaceae it is a more elaborate structure formed from an entire leaf.