Tremella riobrancensis

A jelly fungus described by Lowy in 1982 in Mycotaxon 15 from Acre in the Brazilian Amazon. All records are from one 1980 collection at km 18 on the road from Rio Branco to Porto Velho. Its ecology is essentially undocumented, and it is not cultivated.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity —Band in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest period

Where it grows wild

Lowland Amazonian forest or forest edge near Rio Branco; our sources did not give the substrate. Like other Tremella it is presumably a parasite of a wood-inhabiting fungus.

The collection site is in the lowland Amazon, roughly 150–200 m.

Acre

🔒 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.