Laetiporus ailaoshanensis

Laetiporus ailaoshanensis is an orange-yellow to reddish-orange chicken-of-the-woods described in 2014 from southwestern China, where it grows on Lithocarpus. Its ecology beyond the host is thinly documented, so conditions are inferred from the Ailao Mountains' evergreen forest and the genus.

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

Expects a seasonal rest

Where it grows wild

A brown-rot polypore on Lithocarpus (stone oak) in the subtropical evergreen broadleaf forest of southwestern China.

Named after the Ailao Mountains of Yunnan, where montane evergreen forest lies roughly at 2000–2600 m; exact elevations are not documented here.

YunnanSouthwestern China

🔒 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.