Auricularia asiatica

Auricularia asiatica is a wood ear described in 2016 from Thailand and also known from Hainan (China) and Sumatra (Indonesia). It belongs to the A. mesenterica complex, forming fawn to greyish-brown resupinate to shelf-like fruit bodies with white and black concentric zones, on dead angiosperm wood in tropical forest. It is not cultivated commercially; the conditions below follow its tropical lowland range and cultivated relatives.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest period

Where it grows wild

On dead angiosperm trees and fallen trunks in tropical forest (Bawangling and Wuzhishan reserves in Hainan; Padang, Sumatra; Thailand).

No specimen elevations given; the collection sites are lowland to lower montane.

ThailandChinaIndonesia

🔒 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.