Cryostalks

Cryostalks



Information
Creator	Hydromancerx ^Other
Week/Generation	23/148
Habitat	Global (Sagan 4)
Size	1 cm to 10 cm Tall
Primary Mobility	Sessile
Support	Unknown
Diet	Photosynthesis
Respiration	Unknown
Thermoregulation	Ectotherm
Reproduction	Asexual Budding
Taxonomy
Domain Superkingdom Kingdom Phylum Class	Eukaryota Viridisagania Kyanozoa Hyalophyta (info) Vitricaulopsida

Ancestor:	Descendants:
Cryostalk Groovy Glasstalk Pioneer Glasstalk Pioneer Glassbud Pioneer Glasstwist Pioneer Groovestalk Cryolens Pioneer Glasstuft Blue Longleaf Flattened Glassprout Reflectabsorb Pioneer Lensbranch	Alpfrond Burncumference Osziza Olshkra Glassgrass

The cryostalks are a very diverse genus who come in many shapes and sizes. They all have an outer layer of photosynthetic chitin lenses. Like its ancestors it absorbs magenta light with its cyan chloroplasts and reproduces via asexual budding. Inside is a fungi-like interior and primitive root which form a bulb. These work in symbiosis with nitrocycle microbes. Thus they are an important pioneer flora for colonizing polar and mountain regions of Sagan 4. Sadly because of their lenses which help them retain heat and melt surrounding ice or snow this also keeps them from spreading to more tropical regions due to over heating. In addition they are completely terrestrial and require some soil to survive.