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Fungi Partly documented

Inonotus xanthoporus

Inonotus xanthoporus is a montane Neotropical polypore described by Ryvarden in 1999 from Costa Rica. GBIF holds 16 records from the Costa Rican cordilleras and northern Ecuador at 1250–3320 m. Its host is not given 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 in wet premontane to montane cloud forest, going by the recorded sites.

Recorded at 1250–3320 m, median about 1550 m.

Costa RicaEcuador

🔒 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.