Volvariella esculenta

Volvariella esculenta is an edible tropical sheath mushroom described by Massee and moved to Volvariella by Singer in 1951. GBIF records come from West Africa, Thailand, the Philippines and Trinidad, and one record notes it is cultivated widely. GBIF has no wild records with coordinates, so the conditions below come from the paddy-straw mushroom and other tropical Volvariella.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest period

Where it grows wild

Grows on rotting plant material in the lowland tropics; one Nigerian record is on coffee.

Lowland tropics.

West AfricaSoutheast AsiaCaribbean

🔒 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.