splitgill mushroom
split gill

A nervous smile split Gill's round face.

After the band's initial split Gill ran a record stall at Affleck's Palace.

They have splitting gills and do not exude a milky substance at cut surfaces, contrary to the genus Lactarius.

The gills, which produce basidiospores on their surface, split when the mushroom dries out, earning this mushroom the common name split gill.

Schizophyllum commune (Split gill) has yielded schizophyllan (SPG, sizofiran, sonifilan) which has been researched clinically for anticancer activity.

The gills are pale reddish or grey, very narrow with a longitudinal split edge which becomes inrolled when wet; the only known fungus with split gills that is capable of retracting by movement.