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slim62471
06/29/2006, 07:48 PM
bought a single frag with no description can anyone help
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/110207shrooms_001.ipg
slim62471
06/29/2006, 07:49 PM
shroom 1 in my photo gallery
whiteshark
06/29/2006, 07:51 PM
Look like shrooms to me.
slim62471
06/29/2006, 07:54 PM
any names come to mind?
whiteshark
06/29/2006, 07:58 PM
Sorry, i'm not good at id'ing mushrooms. Maybe a frilly or elephant ear or something...
slim62471
06/30/2006, 10:08 AM
anyone else want to take a guess looks like a pic of blastomussa? but no skeleton
Travis L. Stevens
06/30/2006, 11:17 AM
Do you mean this guy?

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/110207shrooms_001.jpg

It's definitely a type of "Mushroom". One hundred percent Corallimorph. I can't tell by the picture if it is a Discosoma species or a Rhodactis species. It almost looks like a Bullseye Mushroom (Rhodactis species), but then again, there is a chance that it could be Discosoma neglecta

You can read more about Corallimorphs by reading this article - http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/oct2002/invert.htm
Travis L. Stevens
06/30/2006, 11:20 AM
Now that I look around a little bit, it just might be a Rhodactis species. Here is a picture of one in the article that I linked to above.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/images/oct2002/Rhodactis_with_pseudopolypsthumb.jpg