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Auricularia delicata

Auricularia delicata is a tropical wood ear with a conspicuously pored, net-like underside, eaten in parts of Africa, the Americas and Asia. In the strict sense of the 2021 revision it is a West African species, and many American and Australian records belong to related species of the A. delicata complex. It grows on dead angiosperm wood in warm, wet forest.

Auricularia delicata
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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 fallen and dead angiosperm wood in humid tropical forest; GBIF descriptions cite deciduous wood and use as food by native communities in Colombia.

Records span 0–3138 m, median 843 m; Brazilian descriptions give 100–1150 m.

West AfricaCentral AfricaMexicoCentral AmericaNorthern South AmericaBrazilAustralia

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✓ 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.