ID please - Macroalgae or?

stevebydac

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Hi all, does anyone know what this is? It popped up suddenly next to a couple of small zoa plugs in approx 150 PAR. When small I thought it was some sort of rogue mushroom, but as it has grown perhaps it might be some sort of macroalgae? It is growing quickly, doubling in size in 2 weeks. The 2nd photo shows a clump of it hijacked by my tuxedo urchin.

I've seen these links, but not sure:
Porphyra leucosticta

"specimen of a Rhodophyte... likely a Fauchea species"

Parameters are pretty good for an LPS tank, steady in the following ranges:
PH 8.1
Alk 7.4-8.0
Cal 420
Mag 1350
Nit 10-15
Phos .04-.09
Sal 1.0255

Thanks for any thoughts. :)
 

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