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Fungi Partly documented

Trametes ochracea

Ochre bracket

An ochre-zoned turkey-tail polypore of Europe and North America, a white-rot decayer of beech, oak and other hardwoods. It is tough and inedible but grows readily on hardwood, like its close relative T. versicolor. The records are concentrated in Scandinavia.

Trametes ochracea
Photo: Jerzy OpioΕ‚a, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-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

Shelving brackets on dead hardwood logs, stumps and branches, mainly beech and oak, in woodland and at woodland edges.

Recorded at 0–1185 m, median 150 m (24 records): mostly lowland.

Northern EuropeCentral EuropeWestern EuropeEastern EuropeNorth America

πŸ”’ Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

βœ“ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
βœ“ Humidity band, and how to hold it
βœ“ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
βœ“ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
βœ“ Substrate and airflow
βœ“ 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.