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Pleurotus rickii

A grey, funnel-shaped oyster from southern and south-eastern Brazil that Bresadola named in 1920 after Johannes Rick. It has been re-collected and DNA-barcoded from type material, and it is seen regularly in the Atlantic Forest. Brazilian researchers keep it in culture, which suggests it grows readily like other warm-climate oysters.

Pleurotus rickii
Photo: Cristina Sininho Sa, 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 ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest period

Where it grows wild

It grows in clusters on fallen dead trunks in Atlantic Forest and causes white rot, according to specimen notes such as 'em tronco morto caído no chão, podr. branca'.

Recorded from near sea level to at least 1200 m (Paraná).

São PauloParanáSanta CatarinaRio Grande do SulEspírito SantoJujuy (Argentina)

🔒 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.