Pleurotus citrinopileatus

Golden oyster

A bright yellow oyster mushroom from eastern Russia, northern China and Japan. It grows fast on straw or hardwood sawdust and fruits in warm conditions. It has escaped from cultivation and is now invasive in eastern North America, so spent substrate should never be dumped outdoors there.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets 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 is a saprobe on dead hardwood, especially elm, and grows in dense clusters of thin, bright yellow caps. Where it has been introduced it also colonises oak, beech and other hardwoods, and it can displace native fungi.

No useful elevation data. The measured sites are lowland sites in the US Great Lakes and the Northeast, where it is introduced.

Russian Far EastNorthern ChinaJapan

🔒 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.