Corru/Corru

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!!__corru__!!

::FUNGAL ORGANISM
::EXPLICIT PURPOSE::'store and manipulate thought'

Ecology

• corru attaches itself to rock faces to leech vital metals
• naturally forms into corrucysts to resist predation
• used by certain wildlife to store inter-generational information

Biology

• biometalorganic fungus
• synaptic bonds stimulate growth of cognitive organelles
• interstitial fluid provides nutrients to cells

Behavior

Wild Corru

• corrucysts sprout along mycelium tendrils via asexual reproduction
• cells exhibit animal-like behavior within corrucyst, such as predation
• spires of black corru have disputed origins as either natural or technological

Skilled Corru

• trained by obesk to perform various intellectual and technological tasks
• cells may exhibit sapience provided adequate associative bonds via training or imprinting
• corrucysts may be physically manipulated by modification of group behavior of cells