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Stropharia rugosoannulata

Wine cap

The wine cap or king stropharia, a large burgundy-capped mushroom that decomposes wood chips and straw. It is common in North America on woodchip mulch and in gardens, and has spread to Europe, Australia and New Zealand. It is one of the easiest mushrooms to grow outdoors in wood-chip beds, and can be grown indoors on pasteurised straw.

Stropharia rugosoannulata
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At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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

A saprotroph of wood chips, mulched flower beds, gardens and other disturbed ground, occasionally along stream beds after spring floods. It grows scattered or in clusters.

Few records carry an elevation; it is a lowland garden and woodland-edge species.

North AmericaEuropeAustraliaNew Zealand

🔒 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.