what is this coral i am describing?

[DesertBandits]

I saw something at my LFS that looked like a doughnut coral 3-4"diameter polyp growing from a bone stalk (like the shape of a toadstool leather with the top fleshy, but the stalk bone). what might this coral be? im totaly stumped. do doughnut corals grow from a bony stem? what is it that I saw?

 

[Qwiv]

Try looking at a website that sells corals.

 

[Jeremy Blaze]

CAn you go to the store and take a pic?

 

[stevedola]

hamburger coral?

 

[DesertBandits]

Yeah, I've been looking at liveaquaria.com for years, and I was pretty confident in my ability to identify corals. I usualy know what everything is at the lfs, but this particular coral sure is a weirdo. At the stor I went to the coral in question was identified as a 'meat coral'.
I live in south jersey now , and the hobby seems to be pretty underdevelped here. So far I know of only one store, and everyone who works there is a dumba**. The other day an employee who works there was explaining to me how she likes to keep her reef tank at 90deg, if it gets down to 80deg, her fish get sick. I asked her what corals she had and she said a 'mushroom rock' and a brain, but the brain died. I wonder why... Oh well, I guess there are 10 horrible aquarists for every decent one.
Anyway, I'll try and get a pic of this thing and post it.

 

[Qwiv]

I have seen a few corals called Meat Coral. Most common that meets your description is Cynarina lacrymalis or other Cynarina sp.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=2279

They come in tons of colors and they expand/contract quite a bit do they will look different in other tanks. They are pretty hardy and don't require much light. Calm/medium flow. Feed them at night.

 

[keckles]

Corals grow up as they grow out. There is a good chance it is just an older coral with its history beneath it.

 

[keckles]

After reading that post again, I realized it might not make sense outside of my head. So, to clear up any confusion, it could definitely be a "meat coral", "doughnut coral", etc. (Scolymia, Cynarina, etc. ) that just has a larger skeleton beneath it because it is an older coral that has grown up. I see this a lot in Lobophyllia spp. There is a good chance it could actually be a Lobophyllia spp.