Carpet Mushroom or ricordea?

[coolcat310]

I went to a LFS and saw some mushrooms. I asked what it was and the guy said it was a carpet mushroom. It looks more like a ricordea to me. So is there such a thing as a carpet mushroom? If there is how are they different from ricordeas? I would also like to see a picture comparison so I could better tell which is which?

Thanks,

Coolcat310

[Stormbringer22]

Did the carpet look like this? I'm not sure what this shroom is, it can get up to 5" in diameter at times.

[coolcat310]

Some of the corals looked like that and some look strikingly similar to ricordeas. The LFS called both a carpet mushroom.

coolcat310

[TIGER SHARK]

Stormbringer22 - That pic looks like a ricordia yuma. When I look at my ricordia florida they do resemble very small carpet anemones, so maybe the LFS doesnt know what they really are and they see the resemblence to the anemone.

[Evergreen]

That looks exactly like a yuma. BTW Our LFS has this bright orange "shroom" looking thing which to me looks just like the Yumas, only it is a lot bigger. When I got my ricordea in the tank, after a week or two of feeding it, it has puffed up all fluffy and is like 2x the size it was in the store. They told me the orange thing was a rhodactis.
This is my Yuma
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/517/15942Ricordea2.jpg

[coolcat310]

I figure it's the easiest way of getting ricordeas for cheap:D. As long as the LFS thinks it's just regular mushrooms and selling it accordingly,hehehe.