[MicolashKyoka]

if a protomolecule ever comes to be, it's going to be some sort of fungi-based lifeform.

[plonk]

Is that an Expanse reference or does the word mean something else in biology?

[andrewflnr]

It definitely doesn't mean anything in real science.

[MicolashKyoka]

it is! but I meant the idea of it, ie self-replicating biological programs that could be hurled through space and be used for terraforming.

[belter]

Tell me about it ....