Parasite Ballstalk

Parasite Ballstalk (Siphonorhizus virminus)
22/?, unknown cause
Creator	Colddigger Other
Taxonomy
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species	Eukaryota Melanophyta Melanoanthae Aurantilabiopsida Incessorigerminales Incessorigerminaceae Siphonorhizus Siphonorhizus virminus
Week/Generation	19/127
Habitat	Flisch-Krakow Alpine, Yokto Temperate Rainforest, Yokto Taiga, Yokto Temperate Woodland, Yokto Boreal, Yokto Alpine, Flisch Temperate Rainforest, Flisch-Krakow Boreal, Yokto Beach, Huggs-Yokto Rocky, Yokto Rocky, Huggs-Yokto High Grassland, Yokto High Grassland
Size	30 cm Wide
Support	Unknown
Diet	Parasitic (Dressed Sporestalk, Raincatching Sune, Necrokiss Stalk, Leaflower, Sunstalk, Tiger Bulbstalk, Doublestalk, Fuzzstalk, Bulbstalk, Needlestalk, Triplestalk)
Respiration	Unknown
Thermoregulation	Unknown
Reproduction	Asexual, Airborne cylindrical spores that land on black flora’s spore chambers

Descendant of	Ancestor of
Giant Chamber Stalk

The parasite ballstalk replaced its ancestor in all areas except the Yokto River and Yokto Marsh. It no longer relies on photosynthesis to survive, but instead greedily feeds on the nutrients that its host produces, this causes the host to become disfigured from starvation. The parasite's body is completely encased in its hosts spore pod, resulting in a sort of gall, with the exception of a few long roots used for respiration and taking in extra water. Its body, due to no longer needing to perform photosynthesis, is virtually all spore pod.

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)

Candletower (class Aurantilabiopsida)