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Laetiporus xinjiangensis

Laetiporus xinjiangensis J. Song, Y.C. Dai & B.K. Cui was described in 2018 (MycoKeys 37) from Xinjiang in north-western China. It is a brown-rot bracket of a cold continental region; GBIF has no occurrence records.

Laetiporus xinjiangensis
Photo: Song J, Sun Y-F, Ji X, Dai Y-C, Cui B-K (2018) Phylogeny and taxonomy of Laetiporus (Basidiomycota, Polyporales) with descriptions of two new species from western China. MycoKeys 37: 57-71. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.37.26016, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

Brackets on trees in Xinjiang forests; host not checked here.

No elevation data; Xinjiang forests lie mainly in the Tian Shan and Altai foothills and river valleys.

XinjiangChinaCentral Asia

🔒 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 CC BY 4.0 licence, unmodified.