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Hypholoma fasciculare

Sulphur tuft

Sulphur tuft is an abundant, poisonous woodland mushroom that grows in large clumps on stumps, dead roots and rotting trunks. Eating it causes vomiting, diarrhoea and convulsions. It is not cultivated for food; growers may meet it as a competitor on log beds.

Hypholoma fasciculare
Photo: Jörg Hempel, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, 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

Saprotrophic on dead wood of both broadleaf and coniferous trees, more often broadleaf. It forms dense clumps on stumps, buried roots and rotting trunks.

Recorded from 30 to 2,650 m, median 487 m.

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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 2.0 de licence, unmodified.