Blood Red Discosoma
A variant of Mushroom coral (Discosoma sp.)
Representative Mushroom coralphoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
A deep blood-red *Discosoma* mushroom, one of the classic hardy red shrooms with a uniform dark-red cap.
📜 Backstory
Sold by Vivid Aquariums and many other vendors as the long-standing 'Blood Red' Discosoma. It is a widely traded wild-type colored Discosoma rather than a single designer line, and has been a hobby staple for years; no single originator is credited, so origin is debated.
Keeper tips for this variant
Great starter coral for low-light, low-flow zones; redder coloration develops under lower light, so avoid placing it high in bright tanks.
Other Soft Corals variants
Blue/electric blue mushroomWatermelonBlue MushroomWatermelon MushroomBounce Mushroom (Rhodactis)Jawbreaker Mushroom (Rhodactis)Green Hairy Mushroom (Rhodactis)JF Bounce MushroomSunkist Bounce MushroomRainbow Bounce MushroomJawbreaker MushroomSunkist Mushroom (non-bounce)Superman MushroomWWC Orange Flame DiscoWWC King Tut DiscoWWC Red Jaguar DiscoTrippin Iguana DiscoSuperman DiscosomaRed Alert DiscosomaFruity Pebble Discosoma