Stickymaw

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Stickymaw
(Protopseudofungi proto)
Artwork of Stickymaw
Species is extinct.
16/105, Anti-Sticky Plague
Creator Hydromancerx Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Phoenoplastida
Phoenophyta
Spherophyta
Spheromycetes
Protopseudofungales
Protopseudofungaceae
Protopseudofungi
Protopseudofungi proto
Week/Generation 7/45
Habitat Huggs Rainforest
Size 1 cm Wide
Support Unknown
Diet Photosynthesis, Detritivore
Respiration Unknown
Thermoregulation Unknown
Reproduction Super Fast Asexual Budding, Very Resistant Spores


The stickymaw evolved from stickyballs. A few resistant balls were able to survive in this moist environment and have adapted to survive in the rainforest. There is much less sunlight, so now they absorb the surface they're on as food as well. This means both living and dead, but living things tend to scrape them off before they can do damage, thus they thrive on dead things. In the rainforest, it is mostly dead plant matter. Its sticky liquid is used for digesting the surface it's on, and its tiny roots absorb the liquefied food. The cap of it is purple with the photosynthetic cells, while the bottom is semi-transparent and becomes the color of whatever it is eating. Also, heat helps speed up the process, and thus they thrive in hot, damp environments. In the picture it is digesting a darkpalm log.

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)
  • Supershrooms (class Spheromycetes)