Schizophyllum commune

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Schizophyllum commune

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Schizophyllaceae
Genus: Schizophyllum
Species: S. commune
Binomial name
Schizophyllum commune
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Synonyms

Agaricus alneus L., (1755)
Agaricus alneus Reichard, (1780)
Agaricus multifidus Batsch, (1786)
Apus alneus (L.) Gray, (1821)
Merulius alneus (L.) J.F. Gmel., (1792)
Merulius alneus (Reichard) Schumach., (1803)
Merulius communis (Fr.) Spirin & Zmitr., (2004)
Schizophyllum alneum J. Schröt., (1889)
Schizophyllum alneum (Reichard) Kuntze, (1898)
Schizophyllum commune var. multifidum (Batsch) Cooke, (1892)
Schizophyllum multifidum (Batsch) Fr., (1875)

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Schizophyllum commune
mycological characteristics:
 
pores on hymenium
 
 

cap is offset or indistinct

 

hymenium is decurrent

 

lacks a stipe

 

spore print is white

 

ecology is saprotrophic

 

edibility: inedible

Schizophyllum commune is the world's most widely distributed mushroom, occurring on every continent except Antarctica.[1] The gills, which produce basidiospores on their surface split when the mushroom dries out, earning this mushroom the common name Split Gill. It has more than 28,000 sexes.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for February 2000"

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