Lepista caffrorum

Lepista caffrorum is a South African Lepista recorded around Pretoria and the northern Free State and KwaZulu-Natal highveld. Records sit in a summer-rainfall climate with hot wet summers and dry, frosty-night winters, so it fruits in the summer rains, unlike European blewits.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal rest

Where it grows wild

Probably a saprotroph of grassland or open bushveld soil and litter; the records are from the highveld around Pretoria. Habitat detail is not documented in sources we could reach.

Recorded sites are at 1090–1710 m, mostly around 1340 m.

Southern Africa

🔒 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.