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Pleurotus albidus

A whitish oyster mushroom of the Caribbean, Central America and South America, growing on willows, poplars and Araucaria angustifolia. Brazilian and Argentine researchers have proposed it as a new species for mushroom cultivation.

Pleurotus albidus
Photo: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/candela_castro, 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

It grows on dead or dying wood of willows, poplars and Paraná pine (Araucaria angustifolia).

Recorded from sea level to 1,689 m, median 16 m.

CaribbeanCentral AmericaSouth America

🔒 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.