Tree Bayshroom
This descendant of Bulbus salmacidus has mutated additional bulbs on the ends of its tendrils which can capture more sunlight for the polyph with relatively low energy requirements. It can grow in water as deep as three meters (3 m) in depth, but there is no restraint for shallow depths except those that are too shallow for the polyph to grow in. Polybulbus kinboreali however takes longer to grow, as these additional bulbs take more bulk to stabilize. The increased bulk also makes it more stiff as a result and keeps the modified tendrils from bending downwards, which bend directions away from eachother to maximize sunlight caught.
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Polybulbus kinboreali also grows larger at a height of thirty centimeters (30 cm) for selective advantage, while its main stem is unchanged at fifteen centimeters (15 cm) in diameter and each of the tendril bulbs are ten centimeters (10 cm) in diameter. This balances out its features while allowing its bulbs to synthesize light over smaller, less complex polyphs like Bulbus salmacidus. It takes anywhere from four (4) to seven (7) weeks to grow to its maximum size, depending on the abundance of sunlight available to convert into energy. The roots grow outwards to support this polyph.
Seed pods are found on the tendrils and some grow beneath the main bulb too as a connected result of those mutations. Seed pods grow all throughout the tendrils as a form of overproduction, to ensure that at least some of its offspring will develop into new polyphs. They do not detach at a coordinated rate, but will grow and drop over time and will be carried by currents to new locations.
