We used a random number table to position pots randomly on the greenhouse bench. Then calculate heritabilities for these four traits. Calculate heritabilities for the three traits listed above and for height growth rate and leaf production rate. The fruiting bodies of Schizophyllum commune , however, are capable of folding up and withstanding periods of seasonal desiccation, and reviving and re-opening when moistened. Mushrooms of this species can thus form in early spring and continue to produce and disseminate spores during moist periods throughout the summer and fall.
Spores form over the entire surface of the gills, on the underside of the fruiting body.
Hence, the larger the surface area of the fruiting body, the greater the volume of spores produced. The mycelium penetrates wet wood, using cellulose and lignin from plant cell walls as a carbon source. It is relatively easy to obtain living material of Schizophyllum for laboratory studies by placing a small piece of a fruiting body on nutrient media in a petri dish. These cultures grow luxuriously at 20-25 C, forming a colony of mycelium which grows outward from the point of inoculation, using the rich supply of nutrients in the complex malt media. Some genotypes will fruit soon after inoculation on to the media, whereas others produce an extensive mycelium before fruiting.