Mushrooms · La Saladita, Guerrero

splitgill mushroom

Schizophyllum commune

Spanish: Hongo de hendidura

splitgill mushroom (Schizophyllum commune)
Photographed by quimicus on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC-ND

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... Most often recorded in Jul.

TaxonomyAgaricomycetes › Agaricales › Schizophyllaceae
Local records1 research-grade observation within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records99,308 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2017 – 2017
Months recorded near La Saladita
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Cite as: “splitgill mushroom (Schizophyllum commune) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/schizophyllum-commune/, updated 2026-10-18. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.