Synonyms: Agaricus alneus, Agaricus multifidus, Apus alneus, Daedalea commune, Merulius alneus, Merulius communis, Scaphophorum agaricoides, Schizophyllum alneum, Schizophyllum alneus, Schizophyllum multifidum, Schizophyllus communis.
Common names: splitgill, Common Split Gill.
Extract from Wikipedia article: 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 out and moistened into gills as they shed into spores. It is the only known fungi capable of retracting by movement. This mushroom is found predominantly in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Madagascar, Nigeria and Northeastern India. It is found in the wild on decaying trees after rainy seasons followed by dry spells where the mushrooms are naturally collected. It is known for its high medicinal value and aromatic taste profile. It has recently attracted the medicinal industry for its immunomodulatory, antifungal, antineoplastic and antiviral activities that are higher than those of any other glucan complex carbohydrate.
Arabic: زامح شائع, Czech: Klanolístka obecná, Dutch: Waaiertje (paddenstoel), Estonian: Lõhislehik, Finnish: Halkiheltta, German: Gemeiner Spaltblättling, Hungarian: Hasadtlemezű gomba, Japanese: スエヒロタケ, Lithuanian: Paprastoji alksniabudė, Malay: Cendawan Kukur, Persian: شیزوفیلوم برزن, Polish: Rozszczepka pospolita, Romanian: Bureți de mătreață, Russian: Щелелистник обыкновенный, Swedish: Klyvblad, Thai: เห็ดแครง, Ukrainian: Розщепка звичайна.
Young splitgill (Schizophyllum commune) mushrooms on a log on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2017
Kiwanis Nature Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, 77843, United States
Splitgill (Schizophyllum commune) mushrooms taken from Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, November 12, 2017
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, November 17, 2017Kiwanis Nature Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, 77843, United States
Caps of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, November 17, 2017Kiwanis Nature Trail, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, 77843, United States
Young splitgill (Schizophyllum commune) mushroom in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 26, 2017Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a fallen branch in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 26, 2017Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Underside of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 26, 2017Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Caps of split gill fungus Schizophyllum commune in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 24, 2018Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Split gill fungus Schizophyllum commune on a fallen oak branch in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 24, 2018Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Gills of split gill fungus Schizophyllum commune in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, February 24, 2018Bee Creek, College Station, TX 77840, USA
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a small dry bush on Park Hudson Trail. Bryan, Texas, January 27, 2019Park Hudson Trail, Park Hudson Trail, Bryan, TX 77802, USA
Underside of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a small dry bush on Park Hudson Trail. Bryan, Texas, January 27, 2019Park Hudson Trail, Park Hudson Trail, Bryan, TX 77802, USA
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a dry twig of groundsel bush in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 11, 2019Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Underside of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, March 11, 2019Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a dry groundsel(?) bush in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, January 3, 2020Iron Bridge Trail, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on Lone Star Hiking Trail near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Richards, Texas, March 22, 2020Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on thin dry bushes in Bastrop State Park. Bastrop, Texas, September 10, 2020Park Rd 1-A, Bastrop, TX 78602, USA
Old caps of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) with some fungal growth on a fallen oak on Little Lake Loop Trail in Sam Houston National Forest east from Trail Head No. 4, near Montgomery. Texas, November 29, 2020Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Close-up of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Pattern of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a fallen oak on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a fallen oak limb on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Underside of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a fallen oak limb on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Pattern od splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a fallen oak limb on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, January 30, 2021Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) at the edge of a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Close-up of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) at the edge of a pine log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, June 5, 2021Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on Winters Bayou Trail in Sam Houston National Forest. Cleveland, Texas, August 27, 2022Lone Star Hiking Trail, San Jacinto County, Texas, 77328, United States
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on an elm(?) tree on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest north from Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2022Little Lake Creek Loop Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, 77873, United States
Spores of mushrooms Schizophyllum commune, from a standing mossy tree, collected in Sam Houston National Forest near Montgomery. Texas, September 4, 2022
Cream white resupinate polypore mushroom together with splitgill (Schizophyllum commune) on a dry bush of huisache in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 5, 202223292 Farm-to-Market Road 1155, Washington, Texas 77880, United States
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a tree in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 5, 202223450 Farm-to-Market Road 1155, Washington, Texas 77880, United States
Close-up of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, September 5, 202223450 Farm-to-Market Road 1155, Washington, Texas 77880, United States
Milk-white toothed polypore mushroom (Irpex lacteus) together with splitgill (Schizophyllum commune) on a fallen twig at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, September 8, 2022Lakeview Lane, Burleson County, Texas, 77879, United States
Splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Richards. Texas, January 8, 2023Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States
Texture of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Richards. Texas, January 8, 2023Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States
Growth pattern of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) on a fallen oak near Pole Creek in Sam Houston National Forest, east from Richards. Texas, January 8, 2023Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery County, Texas, United States
Spores of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) from a fallen oak, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2023
Spores (in lugol) of splitgill mushrooms (Schizophyllum commune) from a fallen oak, collected a day before in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, January 9, 2023
Eggs of stinkhorn mushrooms (Phallus hadriani) together with splitgill (Schizophyllum commune) on mulch from cut trees in Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Washington, Texas, December 16, 2023Mushroom Observer and Facebook for learning names of local mushrooms.
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