Split gill
Schizophyllum commune · 裂褶菌
Common裂褶菌科🔥 Edible With Preparation
Sources report it requires expert processing before it can be eaten; cases of poisoning from improper handling have been recorded.
The same species can be described differently across regions and stages of maturity, and countless look-alike species cannot be told apart by eye. Never use the information on this page to judge whether a real mushroom is safe to eat.
How to Tell
- Small, grayish white, fan-shaped, upper surface densely hairy
- Underside gills split lengthwise along the midline, rolling inward when dry
- Grows on all kinds of dead wood; one of the world's most common fungi
ID notes are compiled by AI from public sources, not reviewed by a mycologist, for learning only — never a basis for foraging.
Basics
- Family
- 裂褶菌科
- Hymenium
- Gills
- Grows On
- Wood
- How Big
- 1–4 cm (overall size)
- Encounter Rate
- Common
- Habitat
- Dead wood of all kinds, worldwide
Fun Fact
It has over 23,000 mating types, so it can pair with nearly any encounter of its own kind; Yunnan calls it 'white ginseng' and cooks it as food, but it's also one of the very few fungi known to infect humans.
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