09:32AM, Monday 15 December 2025
Editor, — This image in last week’s paper is actually crimped gill (Plicaturopsis crispa), not split gill.
I’m including an image of the wrinkled “crimped” gills which shows how it got its name.
Many apologies to readers for the mix-up. — Yours faithfully,
Linda Seward
Cookley Green
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