Pholiota subsquarrosa

A European scalycap in the Pholiota squarrosa group, known from a handful of records in Britain, Spain and Switzerland. Little is published beyond old descriptions, so conditions here are built from the measured climate and what is typical for scaly, wood-rotting Pholiota. No cultivation reports exist.

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

Assumed to grow on stumps and dead wood in temperate woodland, as other members of the squarrosa group do; its exact host range is not documented in sources we could reach.

No elevations on record; the sites are lowland to submontane (roughly 90-800 m).

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.