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[[File:T5EMyceticSpores.jpg|200px|right|thumb|A '''Mycetic Spore'''{{Fn|3}}]]'''Mycetic Spores''' are large, living shells used to transport [[Tyranid]] creatures from Tyranid [[Hive Ship]]s to a planet's surface. They could be considered the Tyranid equivalent of an [[Imperial]] [[Drop Poddrop pod]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|5}}
[[Image:<gallery mode="packed" heights=200 widths=500>Catechism-of-hate-mycetic-spores.jpg|thumb|center|500px|Mycetic Spores{{Fn|4}}]]</gallery>
*[[Microscopic Mycetic Spore]]
*[[Meiotic Spore]]
*[[Spore Mine]]
*[[Tyrannocyte]]
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==Description==
[[File:T5EMyceticSpores.jpg|200px|right|thumb|A Mycetic Spore{{Fn|3}}]]
Mycetic spores are designed to survive the stresses of orbital insertion and to protect their cargo from impact with the planet's surface. Once through the upper atmosphere, the spores alter their shape to slow descent.{{Fn|3}} Long trailing tendrils are used to create drag, while liquid filled pustules will cushion the shock of impact.{{Fn|5}} The spores themselves perish soon after impact, having safely released a brood of Tyranid creatures, most commonly [[Hormagaunt]]s or [[Genestealer]]s {{Fn|3}} but a spore can contain anything from small [[Ripper]]s to a hulking [[Carnifex]].
==Images==
==See also==
*[[Species of Tyranid]]
**[[Microscopic Mycetic Spore]]
**[[Meiotic Spore]]
**[[Spore Mine]]
**[[Tyrannocyte]]
==Sources==
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (4th Edition)]], {{Cite Marker End}}
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)]], pg. 54
*{{Endn|4}}: [http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/catechism-of-hate.html Catechism of Hate Black Library Page] ''(site last accessed 21 February 2012/02/21)''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Epicast (Company)|Epicast]] [[Ork Drop Pod|Ork Drop Pod "Kanz"]] box and datafax
[[Category:Equipment (Tyranids)]]
[[Category:Fleet (Tyranids)]]
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