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Fungi Partly documented

Trametes villosa

A thin, densely hairy Trametes of warm parts of the Americas and one of the commonest bracket fungi from the southern United States to Argentina, with over 4,000 GBIF records. It forms small, leathery, zoned white-rot brackets on dead hardwood.

Trametes villosa
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY-SA 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
Expects a seasonal rest

Where it grows wild

Dead hardwood branches, stumps and logs in dry and wet tropical forest, oak and pine-oak woodland, and disturbed land.

Recorded elevations 0–3138 m, median 921 m.

MexicoBrazilUnited StatesArgentinaCosta RicaJamaicaPuerto RicoGuatemalaCuba

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✓ 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.