
Fungia fungites
Common Mushroom Coral
As recorded: Fungia fungites var. agariciformis Lamarck, 1801
Animalia › Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Scleractinia › Fungiidae
- Collected by
- R.W. Hiatt
- Locality
- Lonar; lagoon reef
- Island
- Arno Atoll
- Region
- Marshall Islands
- Identified by
- J.W. Wells
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Fungia fungites observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 748 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.

2026-10-24
Seram Bagian Timur, ID-MA, ID
(c) nabayu5, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-16
Nusa Tenggara Timur, ID
(c) pgkaestner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-07
Wakatobi, ID-SG, ID
(c) Ella Pennington, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-05
Western Australia, AU
(c) Sarah Hodgson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-29
Indonesia
no rights reserved

2026-09-24
(c) judyasarkof, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Fungia fungites. BPBM 1244. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36898126. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/sc/1244.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36898126 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
