Branching Puffstalk: Difference between revisions

Other then outwardly visible differences, the branched puffstalk has also developed male and female sexes in its spores. Each spore, whether male or female, contains only half the total chromosomes (the different sexes have different halves), and will still germinate upon landing, but will only grow a small root system. If this root system encounters another of the opposite sex, then the two will fuse chromosomes and a new plant will grow. If the root system does not encounter another, then if will only grow for a few months as a widening root structure with a small sprout for photosynthesis before dying. Before fusing chromosomes, the germinating spores will grow their roots outward, seeking others, but once a new plant is formed, the roots grow downward, adults having considerably deeper roots then their ancestors.