Copper Ghost Spore Filter Fern

Copper Ghost grows rust-edged filter fern in a mesh basket plated against salt sweat and coolant haze. Fresh packing smells sharply mineral; the plant itself should smell like wet stone and green pepper. Its rough fronds trap workshop spores, then shed them into a dark fiber mat beneath the roots. Give it seven hours of dim white light, mist the bark-and-clay substrate twice weekly, and wear gloves when the copper indicator hairs turn black. Salvage crews hang these beside decon doors because the contacts survive what prettier trays won't. Concierge habitats hide them behind panels, if they stock them at all. Coolant overspray poisons the root crown slowly, masking captured mold beneath a metallic odor. Carrying a saturated mat through warm quarters, uncovered, distributes the whole month's collection with grim democratic efficiency.