Trametes hirsuta

Hairy bracket

A tough, greyish, hairy bracket causing white rot of dead deciduous wood, especially beech. Its leathery fruitbodies persist year-round. It is inedible and grown mainly for its laccase enzymes.

Trametes hirsuta — Photo: James Lindsey, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest period

Where it grows wild

Tiered brackets on dead trunks, stumps and fallen branches of deciduous trees, often in sunny clearings and edges.

Recorded elevations 0–2176 m, median 277 m (40 records).

EuropeNorth AmericaTemperate Asia

🔒 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.