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Inonotus venezuelicus

Inonotus venezuelicus is a Neotropical polypore described by Ryvarden in 1987 from Venezuela. GBIF holds a dozen scattered records from Costa Rica to northern Argentina and southern Brazil, from near sea level to about 1450 m. Its host range is not documented in the sources reached, and it is not cultivated.

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

Presumably on hardwood trunks and logs in lowland to premontane forest, as for other Neotropical Inonotus; hosts not recorded in the sources reached.

Recorded at 50–1450 m, median about 1000 m.

VenezuelaCosta RicaEcuadorPeruBrazilArgentina

🔒 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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