Odd...its ancestor doesn't specify why its antifreeze-producing cells are red, so it's unclear whether you yourself ought to elaborate on that.
The description feels very small. Can you add to it?
It says "Sexual (Airborne Spores)', but how many mating types does it have? A single mating type, perhaps? Sexual spore production on Sagan 4, unfortunately, rarely goes into detail except at the macro level. Weirdly enough, the first Melanophyta (black flora) species to develop sexual reproduction have left no living descendants, so sexually-reproducing Melanophyta aren't descended from it, and descendants of the Polar Sunstalk alone have independently developed sexual reproduction at least three times. (Greysnip, Bonespire, Salty Sunstalk)
The description feels very small. Can you add to it?
It says "Sexual (Airborne Spores)', but how many mating types does it have? A single mating type, perhaps? Sexual spore production on Sagan 4, unfortunately, rarely goes into detail except at the macro level. Weirdly enough, the first Melanophyta (black flora) species to develop sexual reproduction have left no living descendants, so sexually-reproducing Melanophyta aren't descended from it, and descendants of the Polar Sunstalk alone have independently developed sexual reproduction at least three times. (Greysnip, Bonespire, Salty Sunstalk)
| QUOTE (Coolsteph @ Nov 25 2021, 12:26 PM) |
| Odd...its ancestor doesn't specify why its antifreeze-producing cells are red, so it's unclear whether you yourself ought to elaborate on that. |
From the original Glacialdrak description: "The faint red coloring comes from the antifreeze producing cells that are spread throughout their bodies."
| QUOTE (SpeedTowel @ Nov 25 2021, 11:40 AM) | ||
From the original Glacialdrak description: "The faint red coloring comes from the antifreeze producing cells that are spread throughout their bodies." |
Yes, I know. I checked that myself. You're just copying what the ancestor's description said. MNIDJM might know.
| QUOTE (Coolsteph @ Nov 25 2021, 06:48 PM) | ||||
Yes, I know. I checked that myself. You're just copying what the ancestor's description said. MNIDJM might know. |
I'm also working on a basal black flora species, if you like you can take respiration from that to establish the method as basal to black flora, and you could form the spores in convergence with mine, or go in a different direction with it.
I think everyone just accepts that black flora use cellulose as a fiber in their cell walls and that would be their support.
I think everyone just accepts that black flora use cellulose as a fiber in their cell walls and that would be their support.
It would be useful to specify in the description what MNIDJM said about the coloration of the disulfide antifreeze proteins.
" was found to be much" Active phrasing would be more efficient: "was much".
"The new reproduction method was much more successful, and replaced the population in Raptor Peak."
What sort of extreme conditions make it go dormant? Heat? Dryness? Cold? I figure that at least extreme cold would activate dormancy.
When you say "thick soil", what do you mean? Clay soil is typically the soil people refer to when they say "thick soil". Raptor Peak would likely have thin, rocky soil, not clay, although I am not certain about the likely soil conditions of Raptor Volcanic.
" was found to be much" Active phrasing would be more efficient: "was much".
"The new reproduction method was much more successful, and replaced the population in Raptor Peak."
What sort of extreme conditions make it go dormant? Heat? Dryness? Cold? I figure that at least extreme cold would activate dormancy.
When you say "thick soil", what do you mean? Clay soil is typically the soil people refer to when they say "thick soil". Raptor Peak would likely have thin, rocky soil, not clay, although I am not certain about the likely soil conditions of Raptor Volcanic.
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