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

Tremella episphaerica

A jelly fungus described by the Jesuit mycologist Johannes Rick from southern Brazil, published in 1958. The name suggests it grows on pyrenomycete fungi (the old group Sphaeriales). It is known from one herbarium record and cannot be cultivated.

At home, aim for
Day —Targets in Plantistry
Night —Targets in Plantistry
Humidity —Band in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest period

Where it grows wild

Probably on the fruit bodies of pyrenomycete fungi on wood, as the epithet suggests; not confirmed from an accessible description.

No elevation data.

Brazil

🔒 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.