Lyophyllum shimeji

Hon-shimeji

Hon-shimeji is a prized mycorrhizal mushroom of pine forests, long known from Japan, Korea and China and now found to be widespread in Scandinavian lichen pine forests. It fruits in clusters on sandy ground, often by forest roads. Japanese companies grow it commercially on grain-based media, but home growing is hard.

Lyophyllum shimeji — Photo: トリュフ, Public domain, 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 Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal rest

Where it grows wild

Dry, sandy lichen-rich pine forest, often along road verges and disturbed edges, associated with Pinus.

Recorded at 65–3681 m, median 895 m (25 records); the high records are from Bhutan.

Northern EuropeEastern AsiaRussiaNorth AmericaHimalaya

🔒 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.