SCIENTIFIC NAME: SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE
VERNACULAR NAME: SPLIT-GILL FUNGUS

Fig 1
FRUIT BODY

1 - 4cm cm in diameter. The fruit body is fan-shaped with irregularly lobed edge. Quite shell-like in appearance.Upper surface white to greyish covered with small hairs and tending to looked aged.

GILLS/PORES The gill-like folds on the underside are split and start whitish gradually becoming of a pinkish hue.
FLESH Tough, leathery and pallid.
SPORES White, cylindrical to elliptical.
HABITAT In dense horizontal clusters on deciduous trees and rotting timber.
SEASON Common.  All year round.
EDIBILITY Inedible. r

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