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minus-squareElting@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·17 hours agoProbably actually lichen. They can grow without soils and indeed are a precursor to soil. No alien planet without life is going to have soil in it because soil is a living thing.
minus-squareNannerBanner@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoPresumably there would be soil since the scenario envisaged is of them terraforming the planet.
Probably actually lichen. They can grow without soils and indeed are a precursor to soil. No alien planet without life is going to have soil in it because soil is a living thing.
Presumably there would be soil since the scenario envisaged is of them terraforming the planet.