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

Tremella wirthii

A lichenicolous jelly fungus described by Paul Diederich in 1996. It forms small galls on crustose lichens and is known from both Europe (mainly Sweden and Norway) and south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. It cannot be cultivated.

Tremella wirthii
Photo: Westberg M, Timdal E, Asplund J, Bendiksby M, Haugan R, Jonsson F, Larsson P, Odelvik G, Wedin M, Millanes A (2015) New records of lichenized and lichenicolous fungi in Scandinavia. MycoKeys 11: 33-61. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.11.6670, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day —Targets in Plantistry
Night —Targets in Plantistry
Humidity —Band in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest period

Where it grows wild

On crustose lichens on bark and wood; recent Swedish records come from alvar pine woodland on Gotland and other open conifer stands.

Recorded elevations run from 10 to 800 m (median 213 m); one Australian grid site is at about 1600 m.

ScandinaviaCentral and western EuropeSouth-eastern Australia and Tasmania

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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.