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

Trametes polyzona

Trametes polyzona, long known as Coriolopsis polyzona, is a pantropical white-rot polypore with thin, hairy, concentrically zoned brackets on dead hardwood. GBIF holds over 800 wild records from Mexico, Australia, Brazil, West Africa and the Philippines, mostly from hot lowland sites. Cultivate it like other tropical Trametes: warm, humid, with plenty of fresh air.

Trametes polyzona
Photo: Olou BA, Krah F-S, Piepenbring M, Yorou NS, Langer E (2020) Diversity of Trametes (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) in tropical Benin and description of new species Trametes parvispora. MycoKeys 65: 25-47. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.65.47574, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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, stumps and branches in lowland tropical forest, forest edges and disturbed woodland.

Recorded from sea level to about 3230 m, median 460 m; most records are lowland.

Tropical AmericasTropical AfricaTropical AsiaNorthern 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 4.0 licence, unmodified.