Auricularia mesenterica

Tripe fungus

A gelatinous, zoned bracket fungus that forms coalescing tiers on dead hardwood stumps and logs across Europe and Central Asia. Young fruit bodies are edible but can accumulate heavy metals. It can be grown on hardwood like other Auricularia, but specific cultivation data are thin.

Auricularia mesenterica — Photo: Auricularia_mesenterica_Jymm.jpg: Jymm derivative work: Ak ccm (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At home, aim for

Day Cool-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

Tiers of gelatinous brackets on stumps and logs of various deciduous trees, often running along fallen trunks for over a metre.

Recorded at 0–1700 m, median 160 m (71 records).

EuropeCentral Asia

🔒 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.