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Pholiota adiposa

Chestnut pholiota

A clustered, sticky, yellow-scaled Pholiota on beech, poplar and willow, as a weak parasite of living trunks or a decomposer of dead wood. It fruits in autumn. Strains sold under this name are cultivated in East Asia on supplemented sawdust.

Pholiota adiposa
Photo: Matthew Kruvczuk, 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

Clusters on trunks, stumps and logs of beech, poplar and willow, above ground rather than on buried wood.

Recorded elevations span 1–1544 m, median 725 m (52 records).

EuropeNorth AmericaTemperate Asia

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✓ 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
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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.