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Split Gill Fungus
Tue 2019-12-03
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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