Splitgill
Splitgill - Schizophyllum commune
A small white fungus with a shaggy-looking, hairy non-fertile surface. Underneath, the fertile surface is pale pinkish brown, with a radiating fan of gill-like, forked folds, each split along the middle. It can form bracket-like growths with a short stem, but sometimes it is attached centrally by the upper non-fertile surface
Photograph the upper and undersides; your photos should show the split gills. Note habitat and substrate
Deciduous trees, dead wood and cut timber. Increasingly, it is recorded on polythene-wrapped straw bales (ref: Sterry & Hughes, 2009).
All year.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
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