Sign in Start free
Species library › Cyclocybe › Cyclocybe aegerita
Fungi Well documented

Cyclocybe aegerita

Poplar fieldcap

The poplar fieldcap or pioppino, an edible white-rot fungus fruiting in clusters from poplar and other broadleaf stumps and wounds. It is widely cultivated in southern Europe and East Asia and one of the easier gourmet species to grow on sawdust.

Cyclocybe aegerita
Photo: Ramiro Barreiro, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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

Tufts on stumps, logs and trunk wounds of poplar, willow and other soft broadleaf trees, often along rivers and in parks.

Recorded 0–3,048 m, median 442 m.

FranceSpainItalyPortugalGermanyNetherlandsUnited StatesMexico

🔒 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

Grow Cyclocybe aegerita? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Cyclocybe

Cyclocybe parasitica Cyclocybe erebia Cyclocybe cylindracea Cyclocybe erebioides Cyclocybe salicaceicola Cyclocybe wrightii

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.