Pleurotus tuber-regium

King tuber mushroom

Pleurotus tuber-regium is a tropical oyster-type mushroom that forms large underground sclerotia up to 30 cm across, which are eaten and used as medicine in West Africa. It decays dead wood across tropical Africa, Asia and Australasia. It is easy to grow on sawdust and agricultural waste but needs real warmth.

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

Expects a seasonal rest

Where it grows wild

A saprotroph on dead wood, including Daniellia in Africa, producing round, dark brown sclerotia with white flesh in or beneath the wood. Fruit bodies arise from the sclerotia after rain.

Lowland; recorded at 23–590 m.

Tropical AfricaSoutheast AsiaNew GuineaNorthern AustraliaSolomon Islands

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.