Pholiota nubigena

Pholiota nubigena is a secotioid snowbank fungus of western US mountains, fruiting in spring and early summer on rotting fir and lodgepole pine wood near melting snow. Its fruit bodies look like unopened mushrooms with chambered gills inside. It is not cultivated.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal rest

Where it grows wild

Singly, in groups or small clusters on rotting conifer wood, especially fir and lodgepole pine, near melting snowbanks.

Mostly 1650–2400 m; measured records at 875–2835 m (median 2362 m).

Western United States

🔒 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.