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The '''topyiiro''' is a large colonial organism formed by both asexually budded offspring and any floating topyiiro buds that happen to clump onto it. Its immune system is simple and not very "smart", and so will readily incorporate the buds of other, related individuals. It is, in a sense, an amalgamate partly made of rock, softwood, sponge and redmoss.
The calcium oxalate crystals in its inner tissues and base are changed to whewellite, a modified form of calcium oxalate. The whewellite is supported by a matrix of galactoglucomannan, a hemicellulose found in large quantities in softwoods such as Norway spruce. This mineral core helps it resist being torn apart by storms, a useful ability for a large, sessile organism. A "skeleton" of glucomannan spreads from its core in a netlike configuration. Interspersed throughout the outer layers is a living layer that photosynthesizes, along with breathing and expelling waste through numerous pores.
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