Leather ID please

[IL Dreamer]

I picked up this beauty from the LFS 2 days ago. Its about 13" in diameter. Never seen a purple leather before. Was hoping some more experienced reefers could give me some insight to what its official name might be and what I might be able to expect (Will it end up changing color, polyp length, ect...)?

Day 1:

Day 2:

Pic from the back:

 

[Kasrift]

That is an amazing piece, are the polyps green? Looks kind of like this https://coralsanonymous.com/products/purple-million-devils-hand-toadstool

It won't color shift. Leathers typically don't and the only exception I've heard of are Fiji Yellow leathers, which need intense lighting to maintain the yellow otherwise it just shifts to a more plain tan color.

 

[IL Dreamer]

I'd say right now they are white. Here is a closeup

 

[reeferguy3303]

It’s a toadstool, that one has no fancy name

 

[Kasrift]

It’s a toadstool, that one has no fancy name

Lol, true. Toadstool leathers have escaped the "ultra rainbow unicorn" naming conventions and are typically just what they are. It is a type of leather though, so that can at least be explored.

 

[i cant think]

I picked up this beauty from the LFS 2 days ago. Its about 13" in diameter. Never seen a purple leather before. Was hoping some more experienced reefers could give me some insight to what its official name might be and what I might be able to expect (Will it end up changing color, polyp length, ect...)?

Day 1:
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Day 2:

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Pic from the back:
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This is a Sarcophyton species
‘Toadstool’ isn’t really specific and can link into 3-4 different genera (Sarcophyton, Lobophytum, Sinularia, Capnella and more)

 

[Kasrift]

Could be a longer polyp one like this sarcophyton https://saltwateraquariumstore.franks-tanks.com/Toadstool-Leather-Umbrella-Coral-p100313330

 

[ryanjohn1]

I so much hate all the freeking goofy names that get plastered on corals.
I say you name it ultra wingus maxima toad stool. And sell one inch frags for like hundred fifty

 

[ManWithAClam]

it's in the sarcophyton genus. with over 50 different species which all look quite similar, one way to differentiate species is the disk shape, this one looks a bit like Sarcophyton glaucum to me but growth patterns vary with the location of where it was collected.

 

[i cant think]

Could be a longer polyp one like this sarcophyton https://saltwateraquariumstore.franks-tanks.com/Toadstool-Leather-Umbrella-Coral-p100313330

I wouldn’t say that’s a long polyp but that’s hard to say if that leather you have isn’t fully extended in that photo.
If it is fully extended, that would say to me it’s a short polyped sarcophyton.
It could be a Sarcophyton ehrenbergi looking at the polyp shape and extension.