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Trametes meyenii

Trametes meyenii is a pale, fan-shaped bracket polypore of the Old World tropics, often with elongated to gill-like pores, related to T. elegans. It decays dead hardwood from Africa through South and Southeast Asia to Australia and New Guinea. Not in cultivation; conditions come from the measured sites and the genus.

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
No rest period

Where it grows wild

Dead hardwood logs and stumps in humid lowland and montane tropical forest and woodland.

40–2400 m, median 1370 m in the few records with elevations.

Tropical AfricaSouthern AfricaTropical AsiaMalesiaPapuasiaNorthern Australia

🔒 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.