The most common examples of this are various species of Actinodiscus, especially common red mushroom coral.

The beautiful mushroom corals also are expected to be big hits of the exhibit.

Some corals such as mushroom corals and polyp corals require very little light to thrive.

Although we know them in the UK as mushroom corals, the common name of this species is something of a misnomer.

They include pallid eelpouts, mushroom corals, sea whips, filetail catsharks and Pacific hagfish.

A wide variety of corals can be found on Pulau Hantu, and mushroom corals are particularly abundant in the waters surrounding the islands.

The third is another sea creature, mushroom coral, shot by veteran imaging specialist James Nicholson.

An example is the exploitation of mushroom coral in Indonesia which is harvested for supply of the jewelry and curios trades.

One species, Siokunichthys nigrolineatus, has a commensal relationship with mushroom corals of the genus Fungia.

Rhodactis is genus of "mushroom corals", which are characterized by large individual polyps that are often reminiscent of a mushroom.