Bluestalk

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Bluestalk
(Pomumfungi mica)
Main image of Bluestalk
Species is extinct.
19/?, unknown cause
Information
CreatorNinthMusketeer Other
Week/Generation16/110
HabitatYokto Temperate Forest, Yokto Water Table, Yokto Marsh
Size10 cm Tall
Primary MobilitySessile
SupportUnknown
DietDetritivore
RespirationPassive (Stomata)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionBudding, Spores
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Phoenophyta
Spherophyta
Spheromycetes
Superfungales
Omnifungaceae
Pomumfungi
Pomumfungi mica
Ancestor:Descendants:

Replacing its ancestor, the supershroom, in and under Yokto Forest and Marsh, bluestalk is named after its characteristic blue stalks that grow from under the main cap. These stalks are colored such in order to attract fauna that then consume them, the resistant spores passing through the digestive tract and then germinating on and within the rest of the animal's waste (this quality has allowed it to spread its spores underground via burrowing fauna). The blue stalks themselves contain small amounts of sugar, further encouraging fauna to eat them, while the main body, which contains no pigment and only adsorbs color from its substrate, goes unharmed. The stalks are constantly regrown for the whole year, but the bluestalk usually dies during winter (those underground often don't but usually grow slower then those on the surface due to less available nutrients), while the spores are able to endure the cold temperatures and germinate in spring.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
  • Royal Doubleshroom (order Superfungales)