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Fungi Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Psilocybe definita

A Psilocybe described in 2016 by Haruki Takahashi and Yuichi Taneyama in The Fungal Flora in Southwestern Japan. GBIF holds one Japanese record that was not usable for climate. Its habitat and chemistry were not confirmed in the sources consulted, so conditions are generalised for a warm-temperate humid forest in southern Japan.

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

Not documented in the sources consulted; assumed to grow on humus, litter or rotten wood in warm-temperate evergreen forest of southern Japan.

No elevation data is available.

Japan

🔒 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.