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Mushroom corals
Answer for the clue "Mushroom corals ", 6 letters:
fungia
Word definitions for fungia in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Fungia is a genus of mushroom , disc or ' plate corals ' in the family Fungiidae . Members of the genus are found growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fungia \Fun"gi*a\, n. [NL., fr. L. fungus mushroom: cf. F. fongie.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any member of the coral genus (taxlink Fungia genus noshow=1).
Usage examples of fungia.
The earliest edition of the Malleus in the British museum reads: Nam die dnico sotularia iuuenu fungia seu pinguedie proci vt moris e p restauratoe fieri pungut et sic vbi ecclesia intrat tadiu malefice exire eccias non poterut quo adusq: exploratores aut exeunt aut illis licentia sub expssione ut sup exeundi peedat.