Auricularia fuscosuccinea

Brown ear fungus

A brown, rubbery jelly ear fungus of the American tropics and subtropics, described by Montagne in 1842. It grows on dead hardwood and, like other wood ears, fruits readily on supplemented sawdust; it is grown on a small scale in Taiwan and Latin America.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-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

A wood-decay saprotroph on dead broadleaf branches and logs in tropical and subtropical forest.

Recorded from sea level to about 2970 m, median about 750 m.

MexicoCentral AmericaSouth AmericaSoutheastern United States

🔒 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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