Pholiota limonella

Lemon Pholiota

A sticky, lemon-yellow scaly Pholiota that decays fallen beech and other hardwood trunks across the northern temperate zone. It is inedible, though Chinese growers have trialled domesticating it, and it is best separated from P. adiposa and P. aurivella by spore size.

Pholiota limonella — Photo: This image was created by user Jason Hollinger (jason) at Mushroom Observer, a source for mycological images.You can contact this user here., CC BY-SA 3.0, 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 ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal rest

Where it grows wild

Wood-decay fungus in clusters on fallen beech trunks and other hardwoods.

Lowland to montane; the 42 records with an elevation span 0–2749 m (median 835 m).

North AmericaNorthern EuropeCentral Europe

🔒 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.