Any Ideas?

DaveL · 01-30-2005, 03:44 AM

Any ideas on what exactly this is? I know it's a mushroom, but what kind? Does anyone know? Note the center where it shows a white clump? It is about 1 inch in diameter. Thanks

wharyat · 01-30-2005, 03:48 AM

Not sure on the exatct type but I know the white clump is the inside of the stomach, nothing to worry about should go to normal soon.

DaveL · 01-30-2005, 05:04 AM

Why would it's stomach do that?

wharyat · 01-30-2005, 05:26 AM

One of mine did that a while ago, I attributed to stress because a torch was touching it. Anything could have caused it; some type of fluctuation, temp, light, salinity, or maybe just a random fluke.

DaveL · 01-30-2005, 05:28 AM

Ah just came into tank on a rock, so you could say it has been stressed.

DaveL · 01-30-2005, 02:56 PM

I didn't think it was that rare of a mushroom, for noone to know what it is.

Doug1 · 01-30-2005, 03:07 PM

Fairly normal for shrooms to expell their guts when stressed, usually the recover fine
Mushroom ID is vague at best, probably the best you will get is a usually accepted common name. The taxonomy of corallimorphs is under review and new DNA research may help get accurate IDs at some point

DaveL · 01-30-2005, 05:16 PM

Ok, thanks

yardboy · 01-30-2005, 09:25 PM

I call mine Rhodactis (rather than Fido or Lassie)

tims · 01-30-2005, 10:01 PM

the same one you have i bought as a fuzzy mushroom... many names..

saltyreefguy · 01-31-2005, 01:56 AM

looks like a green elephant ear mush. not fully opened yet. imo...