Crust-Bloom
Evo 1MicrobeMakes own foodSurfaceA microbial crust that lies dormant for years, greening within hours of rare rain.
desiccation-proofdormantmat-forming
- Size
- 1 cm
- Diet
- photosynthesis
- Habitat
- salt crusts
- Moves by
- sessile
The Sunscoured Flats
A vast arid desert under a fierce white sun and slightly heavier-than-Earth gravity. Liquid water survives only in deep aquifers and brief dawn dew; days scorch, nights freeze, and relentless wind drives the dunes across cracked salt pans.
Lineage
- resilient
- strained
- fragile
- ★ canon
- 🧬 hybrid
- 💀 extinct
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