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Schizophyllum commune · wildlife atlas entry

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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... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

splitgill mushroom — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Grey Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Grey Smith · cc-by

Record card

Scientific name	Schizophyllum commune
Rank	species
Community observations	100,322 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Fungi › phylum Basidiomycota › class Agaricomycetes › order Agaricales › family Schizophyllaceae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

splitgill mushroom photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Bannockburn VIC 3331, Australia
(c) Bernadette Lingham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

splitgill mushroom photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Bahe North Road, Beijing, CN
(c) Xue, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

splitgill mushroom photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Ashbourne VIC 3442, Australia
(c) Ian Temby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

splitgill mushroom photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Victoria, AU
(c) elsiewoodlands, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

splitgill mushroom photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Cecil Rd, Hornsby, NSW, AU
(c) eremophila_emma, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

splitgill mushroom photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · San Geronimo, CA, US
(c) natwes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

splitgill mushroom photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · N 1st Ave, River Forest, IL, US
(c) deluged, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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