I can see some of the influence here Certainly.
The difference being the Spores are Infected with the Black Goo that use the Spores as a Procreative Method to Create the Neomorphs.
I found the Neomorph/Spores a interesting idea, something else to take note of as far as Influence is the CONCEPT work that was Unused for Prometheus Regarding the Deacon and Ultra-morph but also Dr Shaw's (Watson) Chest Buster.
Had they stuck to the Concept and Early Draft then Prometheus would have had as much Action Scenes as Alien Covenant and would have featured Organisms that are a lot like the NEOMORPH it was still interesting to see these Concepts Evolved and used for the Neomorph.
But back to the OT
There are some real Sinister things when you look at the World, especially as far as the Microbiological level, especially regarding Parasitic Organisms, of which Fungi are.
