Water Featherstalk

Water Featherstalk
Creator	Aldank Memestein
Information
Status	Extant
Common Name(s)	Water Featherstalk
Zones	19
Roles	Decomposer
Classification
Genus	Polygene
Species	Polygene alla
Evolution
Date	May 20th, 2019
Ancestor	Polygene plumosa
Descendants	No results

As members of Polygene plumosa persisted in zone F some spores grew at the edge of zone 19. These members began to adapt to higher water environments and poorer draining soils. Eventually, these members led to Polygene alla.

Polygene alla grows under the water of zone 19 and decomposes polyph matter that has built up in zone 19 from zone F. To live in this new environment P. alla has a lower salt concentration in its cells to reduce osmotic pressure and grows at a slower pace than its ancestor due to the lower amount of salt present in the environment. The stalk has become shorter, only reaching about 9cm, to reduce the surface area exposed to the water.

Like its ancestor, it grows in a branching pattern in the detritus that it is breaking down and sprouts a stalk when it is ready to reproduce. The stalk produces spore pods with that each has two hairy stems. The hairs are sparser in P. alla because it is easier for water to carry the pods than air. Once the pod settles at the bed of zone 19 it will burst open releasing spores into the water and continues the cycle.