• (n.) A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/fungia/
Fun'gi·a noun [ New Latin , from Latin fungus mushroom: confer French fongie .] (Zoology) A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diamete... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/87