Leather ID Help?

[smcnally]

Anyone know what this is? It has VERY dense polyps, and the polyps are very soft (fluffy) looking. They look yellow in the picture, but have a green tint to them in person. This started as a 1" frag, but in the picture it is now 2.5" wide by about 3.5" tall. This thing is absolutely beatiful when the flow is blowing its polyps around.

Here's the first shot under 10,000k lighting with actinic supplimintation

This is Actinic only:

 

[BLKTANG]

Toadstool leather.

 

[smcnally]

I don't think it is a toadstool. I've have a few types of toadstools and the polyps are much different than any toadstool I've had. The growth pattern on this seems much different too. IMO, if it was a toadstool it would have flattened out on the top by now, and would have some sort of a "Stem" at the bottom. It's much different then the devil's finger leathers I've had in the past too.

 

[tinyreef]

i agree with expedition, i'd guess toadstool/sarcophyton as well. some shots/views of the stalk, base, cap (polyps retracted), and size relation/scale would be helpful though.

sarcos can take a variety of shapes when they're young (that look nothing like their adult forms). the typical toadstool shape is across the genus imo though and one of the indicators (for me) that a particular coral would belong to the sarcophyton genus.

the variation of morphology is one of the confusing points between lobophytum, sarcophyton, and some sinularia ime.

 

[BLKTANG]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8364931#post8364931 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by smcnally
I don't think it is a toadstool. I've have a few types of toadstools and the polyps are much different than any toadstool I've had. The growth pattern on this seems much different too. IMO, if it was a toadstool it would have flattened out on the top by now, and would have some sort of a "Stem" at the bottom. It's much different then the devil's finger leathers I've had in the past too.

thats what it is i researched it thats y it took me so long to answer.Toadstool leather,or green polyp leather.

 

[tinyreef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8365294#post8365294 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tinyreef
sarcos can take a variety of shapes when they're young (that look nothing like their adult forms). the typical toadstool shape is across the genus imo though and one of the indicators (for me) that a particular coral would belong to the sarcophyton genus.

just wanted to clarify, i meant the above when they're young (or small frags) and not across the board age-wise. imo all sarcos take the toadstool shape when they're young/fragmented, as they mature they grow into their adult shape/form, sometimes it's still a toadstool-shape but sometimes it's radically different. sorry for any confusion.

 

[smcnally]

After searching "Toadstool Leathers" I found it is a VERY broad description. A yellow Fiji is considered a toadstool, which I never knew. I guess I'll have to just wait until it grows to really know what it is.

 

[TearDrop]

It's a definitely a toadstool, in fact, it looks like a yellow leather.

 

[smcnally]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8374153#post8374153 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TearDrop
It's a definitely a toadstool, in fact, it looks like a yellow leather.

I guess it is. A woman in my local club has this in her tank. The polyps look just like mine, but are just a different shade of yellow. She said hers got more yeallow as it aged.