Confused by Shrooms

[MechEng99]

What are the differences between ricordea and yumas? Also, what is this lil due? I picked him up for $2. Pretty either way, regardless of my photography skills.

 

[currentking]

a yuma is a ricordea. there are yumas and there are florida ricordea. its hard to tell by the pic, but that resembles a ricordea. florida ones like alot of light and yumas like less light. Yumas will grow very big

 

[MechEng99]

Beautiful shrooms! So what makes a yuma if it's a ricordea? Just the size and lighting needs? Any sort of structural difference?

Thanks for responding!

 

[currentking]

yumas are from indonesia and other places like that. Florida ricordea is from florida. Florida ricordea can get several mouths on it and yumas only have 1 mouth. In the pic i posted the big ones in front are yumas and the smaller ones in back are florida

 

[aquarius77]

A yuma will have bumps all over its mouth as welll as the rest of the shroom, a florida will have a smooth mouth.

 

[MechEng99]

Ooooooh. Gotcha.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Read this article, and you'll be able to identify the different genera of Corallimorphs. FWIW, Ricordia, Florida, and Yuma are all from the genus Ricordea. Ricordia and Florida usually refer to Ricordea florida; a species of Corallimorph found in the Atlantic Ocean that generally has multiple, round, uniform vesicles across the entire surface, but absent around the mouth. Yuma usually refers to Ricordea yuma; a type of Corallimorph found in the Pacific and Indian Ocean that generally has round vesicles that vary in size and length. A ring of vesicles is present around the mouth. All Ricordea and even other Mushrooms such as Rhodactis and Discosoma can have multiple mouths.

Ricordea florida

Ricordea yuma

 

[herostar]

I've had Yuma's with multiple mouths...

 

[currentking]

ive never seen a yuma with more than one mouth, do you have a pic?

 

[Jimbo327]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10101140#post10101140 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by herostar
I've had Yuma's with multiple mouths...

No you didn't. Those are Ricordea Florida.

 

[lokelani808]

courtesy of atlantis

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

I, too, have had R. yuma with multiple mouths. Granted, most of the time, the mouths are barely seperated like the photo above unlike R. florida that tend to be able to have mouths on opposite ends of the body.

 

[Jimbo327]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10102588#post10102588 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lokelani808

courtesy of atlantis

I stand corrected again. 2 mouths on a yuma. That is more of an anomaly though, it is not trying to split that way. Nice Yuma BTW. Love the color variations within the yuma itself. I bet it looks tremendous under actinics.

 

[MechEng99]

Travis, thank you so much for that webpage and the posting of the photos. I'm probably too inquisitive for my own good. I'm one of the weird ones that wants to know every little detail about something.

Thanks everyone! My shroom ignorance is diminishing (not that I'll ever know all).

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

That is more of an anomaly though

It's not that uncommon actually. I've seen them with even more mouths than two. I had one with four before my lightbulb melt down. Three were clustered and a fourth one off to the edge. I never did get a picture of it though.

Travis, thank you so much for that webpage and the posting of the photos.

Not a problem! :thumbsup:

I'm probably too inquisitive for my own good. I'm one of the weird ones that wants to know every little detail about something

What's wrong with that? Welcome to my world

 

[BigScott]

hey if ya got a question ,TRAVIS has a link to everything.. an thats a verry pretty yuma..

scott