Agrocybe praecox

Spring fieldcap

An early-season brown mushroom of wood-chip mulch, grass, compost and woodland debris, fruiting from spring into summer. It is a saprotroph and in fact a complex of several species with different substrate preferences. It is not commercially grown, but wood-chip bed methods used for related Agrocybe should work.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets 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

Alone or gregarious in grass, compost and wood debris in woods and gardens, often on wood-chip mulch.

Recorded elevations span 0–2499 m, median 475 m (78 records).

North AmericaEuropeTemperate AsiaNorth Africa

🔒 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

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.