---
title: "Common Mushroom Coral"
description: "Fungia fungites — Andere dieren. Fungia is a genus of corals in the family Fungiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-mushroom-coral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Mushroom Coral

> Fungia fungites — Andere dieren. Fungia is a genus of corals in the family Fungiidae.

- Scientific name: *Fungia fungites*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1333
- Wikidata: [Q3938745](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3938745)
- iNaturalist taxon: [101080](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/101080)

## Names

- en: Common Mushroom Coral
- fr: Corail champignon

## Countries with the most observations

ID (127), TH (120), AU (77), FJ (45), NC (45), MV (40), GU (32), PH (31), MH (30), VU (21), MU (20), MY (17)

## Summary

Fungia is a genus of corals in the family Fungiidae. It is monotypic with the single species Fungia fungites, which is found growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungia

## Photo

![Common Mushroom Coral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-mushroom-coral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153187418

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-mushroom-coral?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).