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04-10-2006, 05:19 PM
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The Muddy Mod
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Can I ask a silly mushroom question?
What's the difference between a Ricordia and a Yuma?
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04-10-2006, 06:12 PM
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Shark
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The ricordia yuma is a different species that grows larger than the regular ricordia, as far as how can you tell which one you have, I have no clue, I hope someone else will tell us.
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04-10-2006, 06:39 PM
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not bad...
to add to that..
you cannot really go by how they look, they will have "pipples" or rounded surfaces or even a pokadot look to them ,the tentacles can be either long or short.
the Ricordea Yuma is from the indo-pacific area.
these are found in both sallow and deep waters but seems to do better in turbid waters.
even though the yuma can come in a lot of colors(pink,brown,or green), it is very dull looking compared against the R.Florida variation( red, green, yellow,blue,and orange).
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04-10-2006, 10:40 PM
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Great question!
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04-11-2006, 05:37 AM
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The Muddy Mod
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A picture comparison might help. Anybody? 
EDIT...while looking for pictures, I found out that a Hairy Mushroom is a Yuma |
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04-11-2006, 09:02 AM
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Shark
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When I first hear about the yuma I thought it was from the city I live in, Yuma Arizona. But there is nothing but desert sand here.
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04-12-2006, 10:05 AM
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Shark
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Great Info.
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04-14-2006, 08:28 PM
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Quote:
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Originally Posted by whatevva
EDIT...while looking for pictures, I found out that a Hairy Mushroom is a Yuma
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do you mean the Fuzzy mushroom ( Discosoma sp.) or hairy mushroom ( Rhodactis sp.)?
now the Rhodactis does fall under the family Discosomatidae. But it is argued that it should be seperate. ( i will see if i can find these, this includes DNA work fdone on the in in the 90's)
honestly i belive there is a very very thin line that is pretty smudged between all of the variations..
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