Family

Common name: Mushroom Corals

Scientific name: Fungiidae

Fungiidae, commonly known as Mushroom, Plate, or Disc Corals, are a family of unique, free-living stony corals. They are popular in the reefkeeping hobby for their distinctive shapes and variety of colors. Members of this family are known for their ability to detach from the substrate and relocate. They exhibit fascinating behaviors such as inflating to shed sediment. Fungiidae are generally hardy and can be easier to care for than some other corals, making them suitable for beginners. They host symbiotic zooxanthellae, which assist in their nutrition through photosynthesis.

  1. Common name: Cantharellus jebbi
    Scientific name: Cantharellus jebbi
  2. Ricordea florida Coral
    Common name: mushroom coral
    Scientific name: Fungia concinna
  3. A common mushroom coral (Fungia fungites), at night in the rubble on Kawe Island, Raja Ampat
    Common name: mushroom coral
    Scientific name: Fungia fungites
  4. Ricordea florida Coral
    Common name: mushroom coral
    Scientific name: Fungia hexagonalis
  5. Ricordea florida Coral
    Common name: mushroom coral
    Scientific name: Fungia horrida
  6. Ricordea florida Coral
    Common name: mushroom coral
    Scientific name: Fungia paumotensis
  7. Plate Coral, Short Tentacle (Fungia repanda)
    Common name: mushroom coral
    Scientific name: Fungia repanda
  8. Common name: Bowl coral
    Scientific name: Halomitra clavator
  9. The popcorn shrimp (Periclimenes kororensis) in fungid coral (Heliofungia actiniformis) (mushroom coral), Celebes Sea, Sabah, Malaysia
    Common name: Long Tentacle Plate Coral
    Scientific name: Heliofungia actiniformis
  10.  Tongue coral or Slipper coral. Science name: Herpolitha climax. Ie Island,
    Common name: Striate boomerang coral
    Scientific name: Herpolitha limax
  11. Chalice Coral (Echinophyllia sp.)
    Common name: Stone-leaf coral
    Scientific name: Lithophyllon undulatum
  12. Mushroom Coral (Lobactis scutaria), Arborek Island, Raja Ampat, Indonesia
    Common name: Mushroom Coral
    Scientific name: Lobactis scutaria
  13. Common name: Bracket coral
    Scientific name: Podabacia crustacea
  14. Polyphyllia talpina, Tongue coral, slipper coral.A large brown polyp with green tentacles. Hard coral.
    Common name: Joker's boomerang coral
    Scientific name: Polyphyllia talpina
  15. Common name: Sandalolitha africana
    Scientific name: Sandalolitha africana
  16. Common name: Discus coral
    Scientific name: Zoopilus echinatus