Rust Mold

Rust Mold
(Fungiferrus vulcan)
23/149, Replaced by descendant
Information
Creator	Mnidjm Other
Week/Generation	21/138
Habitat	Maineiac Volcanic
Size	Microscopic
Primary Mobility	Unknown
Support	Unknown
Diet	Lithovore (Iron, Copper), Parasite (Volcanic Voltflora)
Respiration	Unknown
Thermoregulation	Unknown
Reproduction	Binary Fission, Sexual (Plasmoidal)
Taxonomy
Domain Genus Species	Eukaryota Fungiferrus Fungiferrus vulcan

Ancestor:	Descendants:
Rusty Symbiocell	Cave Rustmold River Rustmold Rustmolds

The rust mold split from it's ancestor and adapted to a new life cycle. They start out life as individual haploid cells, feeding on the minerals in the soil. If they find a suitable location, they will replicate, forming a reddish orange spongy plasmoidal structure and release spores. These spores must land on a volcanic voltflora in order to progress. When they find one, the diploid cells work their way to the reproductive structures and are incorporated into the seeds, forming iron coated spherical structures about 2 mm wide each. When the seeds are shot and land elsewhere, the spheres breakdown, releasing thousands of newly formed diploid cells.