Fonticulua

Photosynthetic colony organisms found exclusively on ice worlds, where they have embraced the surrounding frozen material as a form of protection. As the fonticulus develop they melt ice from around them, absorbing the liquid through tiny cellular pores and passing it to the colony's reproductive edge. Here the liquid is excreted and immediately refreezes, creating hard translucent exoskeletons that provide protection for the organisms. Frond structures create a wide flat space that expose internal photosynthetic cells to as much light as possible. Reproduction appears to occur by colony division, most likely when a shard of the structure collapses under it's own weight and the smaller shard creates a new colony.

— In-Game Description

Fonticulua are a species of alien organism found on planets and moons with thin atmospheres across the galaxy. They can be sampled with the Genetic Sampler and scanned with the Short Range Composition Scanner. They have a clonal colony range of 500m.

Description[]

Fonticulua (from Latin fonticulus "fountain", referring to their pores) look like giant fungi. They appear on flat ground: next to craters and in rocky terrain.^[1]

Types[]

There are six known types of Fonticulua:

Fonticulua Campestris
Fonticulua Digitos
Fonticulua Fluctus
Fonticulua Lapida
Fonticulua Segmentatus
Fonticulua Upupam

Locations[]

System	Planet	Coordinates	Type	Reported By
Kraurno	4 C	-38.7777, -14.8083	Campestris	CMDR UselessED
Col 285 Sector RU-F c11-7	7 A	-8.5571, -91.2203	Campestris	CMDR R0ss
Mehuenomici	4 A	7.5763, -171.0261	Campestris	CMDR Davi-Oun
Blua Eoq FR-A c15-0	D 5 A	29.0679, -11.3262	Lapida	CMDR Methan Disery
Scheau Greau VY-Y d1-1	C 5	9.1785, 93.9045	Upupam	CMDR Methan Disery
Cho Thaa WC-V b16-0	3 C	41.5425, -13.7190	Campestris	CMDR Redcricket65