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

Morchella gracilis

A slender morel described in 2018 by Baroni, Iturriaga and Læssøe in a Mycologia study of Neotropical morels. GBIF records come almost all from Colombia, with a few from Peru, Ecuador and Argentina, so it is an Andean species of a climate without winter.

Morchella gracilis
Photo: Denis Zabin, CC BY 4.0, 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest period

Where it grows wild

On soil in Andean forest; habitat details beyond the region were not available in the sources reached.

No elevation data; the measured sites have montane temperatures.

ColombiaAndes

🔒 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.