From IRC: <graydon> I think I named it after fungi. rusts are amazing creatures....

From IRC:

<graydon> I think I named it after fungi. rusts are amazing creatures.

<graydon> Five-lifecycle-phase heteroecious parasites. I mean, that's just _crazy_.

<graydon> talk about over-engineered for survival

<jonanin> what does that mean? :]

<graydon> fungi are amazingly robust

<graydon> to start, they are distributed organisms. not single cellular, but also no single point of failure.

<graydon> then depending on the fungi, they have more than just the usual 2 lifecycle phases of critters like us (somatic and gamete)