Agrocybe chaxingu

Tea tree mushroom

Agrocybe chaxingu, the Chinese tea tree mushroom (chá xùn gū), was described by N.L. Huang and is widely cultivated in China on sawdust and cottonseed-hull substrates; many authors treat it as the same fungus as the poplar mushroom, Cyclocybe cylindracea (Agrocybe aegerita). Its cultivation is well known, even though wild records are almost absent.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest period

Where it grows wild

A wood-decay fungus that fruits in clusters on stumps and dead wood of broadleaved trees, named for its association with tea-oil (Camellia) trees in southern China.

The one wild GBIF record, in north-west Vietnam, is at about 1020 m.

ChinaVietnam

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

Grow Agrocybe chaxingu? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Agrocybe

Agrocybe praecox Agrocybe putaminum Agrocybe pediades Agrocybe arvalis Agrocybe sororia Agrocybe retigera Agrocybe rivulosa Agrocybe farinacea Agrocybe pallida Agrocybe smithii Agrocybe allocystis Agrocybe procera All 125 →

Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.