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Schizophyllum commune
The top surface of the cap is a fuzzy or hairy grayish white and underneath it has light brown gills. A clump of the mushrooms grow together about 12 cm dia. Caps have a soft spongy texture.
Spotted on driftwood at the Dungeness County Park.
Primarily a saprobic wood-rotting fungus, Schizophyllum commune causes white rot (it consumes mainly the lignin within timber, leaving the much softer white cellulose largely unscathed).
Spotted on Dec 25, 2018
Submitted on Jan 1, 2019
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