Splitgill Mushroom

Schizophyllum commune

Summary 2

Spores: White
Trails: Kent, Griffin, Garden Club, Volunteer
Saprophytic
It looks like a polypore, but has gills

Schizophyllum commune is a species of fungus in the genus Schizophyllum. The mushroom resembles undulating waves of tightly packed corals or loose chinese fan. "Gillies" or Split Gills vary from creamy yellow to pale white in colour. The cap is small, 1-4.5 cm wide with a dense yet spongey body texture. It is known as the split-gill mushroom because of the unique longitudinally divided nature of the gill producing basidospores, which often splits when they dry...

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  2. Adaptado por Leslie Flint de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophyllum_commune

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