Meet Spongiforma squarepantsii

Meet Spongiforma squarepantsii, a recently identified species of mushroom whimsically named after a certain Porifera who lives in a pineapple under the sea.

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Amsterdaam

Absorbent and Yellow and Porous Is He!
fuzzicist

qui semper malo pinea sub mari
Spongiforma squarepantsii
bibulas et flava rara est

Fabulae si aliquid nautical optes
ergo gutta pavimento extorquebis ut Piscis
ChrisMA

Spongo Robertum Quadrato Bracatum
paulotex

The world is a better place now! :)
Phikus

Cerebralicious!
GIFtheory

My Latin is a bit rusty, but don’t they mean Spongiforma togaquadraticus, or some variation thereof?
- Anonymous
  
  Proper names don’t change when you turn them into species. Why it’s squarepantsii instead of squarepantsi, though, I don’t know. Usually it’s only one I, as you can see in this list of celebrity species.
godisafiction

Spongiformi squarepantsii ite domum!
Brainspore

If you eat it is the ensuing experience anything like a visit to Bikini Bottom?