Hypsizygus tessulatus

Beech mushroom

The beech mushroom or shimeji, a hardwood-decaying mushroom of northern temperate and boreal forests, grown commercially in Japan as brown buna-shimeji and white bunapi-shimeji. It is a good choice for home growers willing to wait: blocks need a long maturation before a cold shock brings on dense clusters of marbled caps.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal rest

Where it grows wild

Singly or in clusters on dead or living hardwood trunks and logs, often beech, maple or elm, sometimes high on the trunk.

Recorded at 15–2408 m, median 430 m (31 records).

Northern EuropeEuropeNorth AmericaEast AsiaRussia

🔒 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.