Desert Groundcloud

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Desert Groundcloud
(Fumodivum terrainculta)
Main image of Desert Groundcloud
Species is extinct.
22/140, Loss of Habitat (Snowball)
Information
CreatorColddigger Other
Week/Generation20/134
HabitatBarlowe Desert, Barlowe Dunes, Barlowe Savanna
SizeMicroscopic
Primary MobilitySessile, Aeroplanktonic
SupportUnknown
DietPhotosynthesis
RespirationPassive Diffusion
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionMitosis
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Nimbibiota
Nimbiphyta
Ultraviolaphyceae
Ultravisales
Ultravisaceae
Fumodivum
Fumodivum terrainculta
Ancestor:Descendants:

The desert groundcloud split from its ancestor and doubled in size, along with that its colonies have become slightly more elaborate. This organism is the result of a strain of nimbus cloud that was able to survive falling to the ground. They are able to thrive in their dry environments due to their ancestors' struggles in the atmosphere and the high levels of UV rays are simply absorbed to power their photosynthesis. The colony is held together by a stringy skin-like layer, the part that touches the ground becomes tough and tethers the colony down while the rest of the colony gathers in the opposite direction. Unlike their ancestor the colonies rarely reach over a meter in length.

Colonies will separate into the individual cells during rain, the cells will rapidly multiply at this time taking full advantage of the abundance of water, after the ground dries the cells will cluster back together to form new colonies. Often after this whole fields of desert groundcloud colonies can appear covering the desert.

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