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Pleurotus djamor

Pink oyster

A tropical and subtropical oyster mushroom with bright pink, fan-shaped clusters, found on dead wood, palms and other plant debris around the world's warm regions. The mushrooms fade and spoil within about a day, so harvest and cook them promptly.

Pleurotus djamor
Photo: Pleurotus_djamor.jpg: Gerly123 derivative work: Ak ccm, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest period

Where it grows wild

A saprotroph on dead hardwood logs and branches, palm fronds, fallen coconuts and other woody or fibrous plant debris in tropical and subtropical forests and gardens. It fruits in overlapping pink clusters after warm rains.

Mostly lowland to mid-elevation. The 249 records with an elevation span 0–3264 m (median 518 m).

MexicoCentral AmericaCaribbeanSouth AmericaAfricaSouth and Southeast AsiaJapanAustralia

🔒 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.