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Schizophyllum commune on big-bale grass silage in Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2005

KILLIAN C. BRADY ,
PADRAIG O'KIELY ,
PATRICK D. FORRISTAL  and
HUBERT FULLER
KILLIAN C. BRADY
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, IRELAND
PADRAIG O'KIELY
Affiliation:
Teagasc, Grange Research Centre, Dunsany, Co. Meath, IRELANDpokiely@grange.teagasc.ie Phone: +353 (0)46 26700
PATRICK D. FORRISTAL
Affiliation:
Teagasc, Oak Park Research Centre, Carlow, Co. Carlow, IRELANDdforristal@oakpark.teagasc.ie Phone: +353 (0)59 9170200
HUBERT FULLER
Affiliation:
Department of Botany, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, IRELANDHubert.Fuller@ucd.ie Phone: +353 (0)1 7162341
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Abstract

Grass silage is a key source of forage for over-wintering livestock in Ireland. In the early 1990s Schizophyllum commune emerged as a contaminant of big-bale silage. A fungus rarely observed in Irish woodlands, S. commune is now commonly found on baled silage throughout Ireland and is also recorded on silage in Britain. Characteristics of the fungus on bales are described and potential consequences of its occurrence on silage are discussed.

Keywords

Schizophyllum commune‘split gill’balesilagegrassplastic wrap
Type
Original Article
Information
Mycologist , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 30 - 35
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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