Elephant Ear Anemone/Giant Cup Mushroom Anemone - Amplexidiscus fenestrafer

The True Elephant Ear Mushroom or Giant Cup Mushroom - Amplexidiscus fenestrafer has an oral disc with beadlike verrucae that are sparsely spattered across the surface. The name fenestrafer means "windowbearer" in Latin and has to do the bare area near the edges of their oral disc. Once contact with the mushroom is made, its stinging cells immobilize the prey, and then it closes up within seconds.