Aquatic Fungi

Organic Blue Security Envelope Pattern from the S.E.C.R.E.T. Archive

KINGDOM: Stationery (stationeria)

PHYLUM: Envelope (envelopia)

CLASS: Security (obscurifera)

ORDER: Abstract (abstracta)

FAMILY: Organic (organica)

GENUS: Illustrative (illustrata)

SPECIES: Blue (BLU)

NUMBER: 001

CONTRIBUTOR: Joseph King (submitted by Dana Kruse)

COMMON NAME: Aquatic Fungi

LATIN NAME: Mycetum aquatile

CODE NAME: ABS_ORG_ILL_BLU_001_JK.jpg

SOURCE: Joseph King – Flickr

FIELD NOTES:

Introducing the organic blue security envelope pattern Aquatic Fungi. A drifting, untethered genus within Organica, M. aquatile exhibits a structureless liquidity that resists formal classification. Unlike many of its fellow envelope tints, it does not tessellate. It does not repeat. Instead, it seeps — a slow bloom of mycoid irregularities suspended in blue.

Specimens present with blunted lobes and cellular voids, loosely suggestive of spores, coral polyps, or the overlooked contents of a poorly rinsed beaker. Although no two forms are identical, all are unified by a soft-edged cohesion, as though sketched underwater or fermented in damp storage.

Devoid of edge or axis, M. aquatile offers no visual hierarchy and no evident attempt at obfuscation. It is neither cryptic nor camouflaged. Rather, this organic blue security envelope’s indifference to legibility suggests an organism unconcerned with its human observers — perhaps even unaware of them.

Commonly encountered on lesser billing statements, auto-reply inserts, and institutional mailings of uncertain origin. Consequently, its ecological role remains unclear, though it may serve as visual ballast or aesthetic filler in habitats where meaning is sparse.

Behavioral Traits:

  • Exhibits high tolerance for moisture and metaphor.

  • Lacks clear orientation or repeat logic.

  • Frequently misclassified as accidental ink damage.