Fungia is a genus of large polyp stony corals. Because of their shape they are also called mushroom corals (not to be confused with mushroom soft corals/corallimorphs like Discosoma or Rhodactis). They consist of individual polyps that live freely on sandy areas instead of growing attached to rocky substrate like many other corals. Fungia are easy to keep and well suited for beginners. The corals have few water quality requirements and do well with low to medium light levels and gentle currents in the aquarium.
They can free themselves in the tank by pumping their tissue up to free themselves from sediment and moving or drifting with the current. Thus, these stony corals are at risk of getting stung by other corals and animals that repeatedly bury them in sand and thus harass them - so care should be taken when choosing the right tankmates. Due to recent taxonomic developments, the vast majority of former Fungia species have now been assigned to Cycloseris and other genera, and only the species Fungia fungites remains in the genus and is thus strictly speaking a "true Fungia".
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