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Fungi Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Lentinula lateritia

An Australasian and South-east Asian relative of shiitake, described by Berkeley in 1881 and moved to Lentinula by Pegler in 1983. Like shiitake it rots dead hardwood, so shiitake methods are a reasonable starting point.

Lentinula lateritia
Photo: Ian Dodd (kk) (www.kundabungkid.com) Australia (kundabungkid), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

Dead hardwood logs and branches in rainforest and wet forest.

Recorded 240–1949 m, median 1000 m (7 records).

AustraliaPapua New GuineaSoutheast 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-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.