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Fungia

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 in diameter.

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fungia

n. Any member of the coral genus (taxlink Fungia genus noshow=1).

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Fungia

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.

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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.