Dressed Sporestalk

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Dressed Sporestalk
(Suffocorbis ornatus)
Artwork of Dressed Sporestalk
Species is extinct.
20/131, Beach Cellulosebane
Creator NinthMusketeer Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Melanophyta
Melanoanthae
Aurantilabiopsida
Melanostipales
Cortinacaulaceae
Suffocorbis
Suffocorbis ornatus
Week/Generation 16/108
Habitat Yokto Beach
Size 50 cm Tall
Primary Mobility Sessile
Support Unknown
Diet Photosynthesis
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Asexual, Airborne spore dispersal


Evolving from the skirtstalk, the dressed sporestalk features numerous small adaptations that led it to replace its ancestor. The most obvious is the former "skirt" having expanded in size to give more photosynthetic capability, creating the "dress" from which the species derives its name. Along with this, the dressed sporestalk has a large root system in order to intake nutrients needed to facilitate the growth and maintenance of the "dress". Like its ancestor, the dressed sporestalk is tolerant of the salt in ocean water, while its cell walls have adapted to be much more difficult to penetrate by morsus turpis, allowing it to grow quickly and easily. However, it requires incoming tides to replenish nutrients in the sands on which it grows, yet the dressed sporestalk cannot grow in or underwater, restricting it to the Yokto Coast where it evolved.

In regards to reproduction, the dressed sporestalk is very similar to its ancestors, ejecting thick clouds of orange spores that have the capability to suffocate animals if enough of them discharge simultaneously. The dressed sporestalk, specifically, only discharges its spores when the stalk is stimulated by vibration, causing spores to be discharged during windy periods which will enhance dispersal. Unlike its ancestors, the spores are not discharged by the bud opening completely, but by the upper portion opening while the lower portion contracts, allowing the dressed sporestalk to maintain conditions inside the bud and begin creating a new batch of spores more quickly.

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)
  • Raptordrak (order Melanostipales)
  • Parasitic Branch-Lantern (class Aurantilabiopsida)