Laetiporus dilatohyphus

Laetiporus dilatohyphus (Ryvarden & Gilb.) Robledo & Campi is a North American sulphur-shelf relative, moved into Laetiporus in 2022. Herbarium labels describe it causing a brown cubical heart rot in oaks, from Ontario to Florida. Like other Laetiporus it is a brown-rot bracket fungus of living and dead hardwood trunks.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets 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

Brown heart rot in Quercus, fruiting on trunks and storm-broken wood in mixed oak, pine and swamp forest.

Lowland; records are from low elevations in the eastern United States and southern Canada.

Eastern North AmericaUnited StatesCanada

🔒 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.