 Holy Jim Canyon, Trabuco Canyon, Cleveland National Forest, Orange County, CA 12-10-12..© Peter J. Bryant |
Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune Family: Schizophyllaceae Back to Fungi of Orange County, California |
 Holy Jim Canyon, Trabuco Canyon, Cleveland National Forest, Orange County, CA 12-10-12..© Peter J. Bryant |
 Holy Jim Canyon, Trabuco Canyon, Cleveland National Forest, Orange County, CA 12-10-12..© Peter J. Bryant |
 Santiago Park, Santa Ana, on an old Strawberry Tree stump. © Joan Avise |
Distribution worldwide on hard woods, producing white rot in its host. It is the fungus commonly found on the toenails of homeless folks who do not remove their shoes for months or years. Specimens were sealed in a tube in 1911, then moistened 50 years later. Their gills unrolled and began shedding spores. Widely used in genetic studies because it fruits readily in the laboratory. |
 On mulch outside Audubon House, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 12/02/12. © Peter J. Bryant |
 On mulch outside Audubon House, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 12/03/12. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Santiago Park, Santa Ana, on an old Strawberry Tree stump. © Joan Avise |
 The gills split into lengthwise plates, opening to release spores and curling/folding together to protect the spores in dry weather. On mulch outside Audubon House, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 12/03/12. © Peter J. Bryant |
 On Liquid Amber, Liquidambar styraciflua, tree at a residence on Elizabeth Way, Tustin CA.1/25/13. © Joanne Schwartz |
 On Liquid Amber, Liquidambar styraciflua, tree at a residence on Elizabeth Way, Tustin CA.1/25/13. © Joanne Schwartz |
 On Liquid Amber, Liquidambar styraciflua, tree at a residence on Elizabeth Way, Tustin CA.1/25/13. © Joanne Schwartz |
 On Liquid Amber, Liquidambar styraciflua, tree at a residence on Elizabeth Way, Tustin CA.1/25/13. © Joanne Schwartz |
 On Liquid Amber, Liquidambar styraciflua, tree at a residence on Elizabeth Way, Tustin CA.1/25/13. © Joanne Schwartz |
 On Liquid Amber, Liquidambar styraciflua, tree at a residence on Elizabeth Way, Tustin CA.1/25/13. © Joanne Schwartz |
 Spore print. © Joanne Schwartz |