What type of toadstool was it? Pulsing polyps... no pic

[rharr21]

Before Hurricane Katrina, I had a toadstool leather that looked similar to a Sacrophyton spp. in form, however the polyps pulsed like a xenia. I would like to get another one like it. Do any of you have any ideas what it was? Thanks.

 

[jpeggerling]

Gold Crown toadstool?

 

[lvreefer]

It could have been pom pom xenia. Under certain conditions it can grow a thick stalk and have short polyps making it appear like a toadstool.
The only pulsing corals i have heard of are Xenia sp. and a very rare Sinularia sp.

 

[rharr21]

This was definately a toadstool. The stalk was about 3 inches in diameter and the top was maybe 4 inches across. The polyps were about the size of those on my ORA green sacro. The polyps opened and closed (pulsed) at a slower rate than xenia. It was a brown color with white polyps. After it died it left some shinny sclerites behind. It came attached to the root system of some type of sea grass.

 

[rharr21]

I looked up the gold crown toadstool and it looked a lot like that. I didn't find any info on the polyps pulsing.