mushroom coral

noun

: any of various flattened disk-shaped stony corals of Fungia or related genera that are usually solitary and in the adult stage completely free from the substrate

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“Mushroom coral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mushroom%20coral. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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