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Hericium botryoides

Hericium botryoides is a tooth fungus from Japan, described by Ito and Otani in 1957 and recorded on Quercus myrsinifolia, an evergreen oak. GBIF has no usable records; conditions follow the well-known cultivation of Hericium on supplemented hardwood sawdust.

Hericium botryoides
Photo: Naturalis Biodiversity Center, CC0, 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 ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest period

Where it grows wild

Grows on wood of the evergreen oak Quercus myrsinifolia.

No elevation data.

Japan

🔒 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 CC0 licence, unmodified.