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Dec032019

Split Gill Fungus

What I think are youngish fruiting bodies of split gill fungus, Schizophyllum commune.

Mycoweb has some good images of young fruiting bodies here.

I took the following specimens which show the characteristic split gill:

These yielded the following spores (magnification x600, field width 86um):

These are about 5 x 1.5um which is rather longer than the 3-4 x 1-1.5µ given at MushroomExpert.com but they also state "sometimes reported as larger: 5.5-7 x 2-2.5µ".

Specimens taken in The Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK on 2019-11-30.

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