Characters: Colonies are solid rounded plates. Long sinuous valleys may radiate from the original point of growth and are sometimes deep. Valley walls may be so short that they form Hydnophora-like monticules. Septo-costae are thinner than intervening spaces. Columellae are rudimentary or absent. There is one row of mouths in the valleys.
Colour: Usually combinations of pink, green and grey, with valleys and walls of contrasting colours.
Similar Species: Mycetophyllia lamarckiana.
Habitat: Most reef environments.
Abundance: Common.
Taxonomic References: Wells (1973a); Cairns (1982); Veron (2000a);
Identification Guides: Humann (2002);
