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Mushrooms in Alabama
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
5,458mushroom records
11county pages
Julbusiest month
5,458 records since 1855 (2,168 in the last 10 years)
Fruiting now
Based on past sightings (mostly since 2011; all years where recent records are few), not a forecast. Weather and place matter a lot, and a listing here says nothing about whether a mushroom is safe.
Usually recorded in January in this state:
Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata10 January records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune9 January records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor8 January records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum8 January records since 2011
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa6 January records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme5 January records since 2011
Peach-Colored Fly Agaric Amanita persicina5 January records since 2011
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus5 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune9 February records since 2011
Column Stinkhorn Clathrus columnatus9 February records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor8 February records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus6 February records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum5 February records since 2011
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum5 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
Spring Polypore Lentinus arcularius12 March records across all years- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune10 March records across all years
- Panus neostrigosus9 March records across all years
Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta5 March records across all years
Diamond Polypore Neofavolus alveolaris5 March records across all years
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva5 March records across all years
Lentinus levis5 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April in this state:
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva6 April records across all years
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May in this state:
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune7 May records since 2011
False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata5 May records since 2011
False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites5 May records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis5 May records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum5 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune12 June records across all years
- False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata6 June records across all years
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis5 June records across all years
Anthracophyllum lateritium5 June records across all years
Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus5 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July in this state:
Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigo16 July records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune9 July records since 2011
- Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus8 July records since 2011
Ravenel's Bolete, Powdery Sulfur Bolete Pulveroboletus ravenelii7 July records since 2011
Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipes7 July records since 2011- False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites6 July records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus5 July records since 2011
Smooth Chanterelle Cantharellus lateritius5 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigo9 August records since 2011
- False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites9 August records since 2011
- Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus8 August records since 2011
Shaggy-Stalked Bolete Aureoboletus betula7 August records since 2011
Gymnopus iocephalus6 August records since 2011
Apple Bolete Exsudoporus frostii6 August records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum5 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa16 September records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus8 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 September records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum7 September records since 2011
American Caesar's Mushroom Amanita jacksonii5 September records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus5 September records since 2011
Old Man Of The Woods Strobilomyces strobilaceus5 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa18 October records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus12 October records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor11 October records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum9 October records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum7 October records since 2011
Oak Bracket Pseudoinonotus dryadeus7 October records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens6 October records since 2011- Poronidulus conchifer6 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor9 November records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus8 November records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme7 November records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus7 November records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum6 November records since 2011
- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus6 November records since 2011
- Peach-Colored Fly Agaric Amanita persicina6 November records since 2011
- Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa5 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Peach-Colored Fly Agaric Amanita persicina20 December records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata14 December records since 2011
- Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa11 December records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor10 December records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum10 December records since 2011
- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus8 December records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme8 December records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune8 December records since 2011
⚠ Never eat a wild mushroom based on this site. We show where fungi have been recorded, nothing more. We never say any mushroom is edible or safe, and you shouldn't decide that from any website, app or photo. Many deadly mushrooms look like harmless ones. If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 right away.
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Ranked by how often each appears in county top-40 lists. This is a guide to what gets recorded, not to what is common or safe.
Best months to look
Records by month, all years. Busiest: Jul, Dec, Nov.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (52) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Lee County | 1,727 |
| Montgomery County | 754 |
| Blount County | 626 |
| Jefferson County | 247 |
| Baldwin County | 186 |
| Cullman County | 178 |
| Tuscaloosa County | 151 |
| Autauga County | 136 |
| Madison County | 129 |
| Escambia County | 127 |
| Pike County | 112 |
| Elmore County | 83 |
| Shelby County | 80 |
| Mobile County | 79 |
| Morgan County | 78 |
| Winston County | 75 |
| DeKalb County | 51 |
| Cleburne County | 45 |
| Limestone County | 44 |
| Marshall County | 37 |
| Dallas County | 36 |
| Clay County | 35 |
| Talladega County | 35 |
| Franklin County | 31 |
| Tallapoosa County | 27 |
| Macon County | 26 |
| Fayette County | 26 |
| Chilton County | 25 |
| Hale County | 25 |
| Etowah County | 22 |
| Calhoun County | 19 |
| Lawrence County | 18 |
| Covington County | 17 |
| Bibb County | 17 |
| Coosa County | 15 |
| Lauderdale County | 15 |
| Jackson County | 14 |
| Pickens County | 12 |
| Cherokee County | 11 |
| Walker County | 8 |
| Houston County | 8 |
| St. Clair County | 8 |
| Bullock County | 7 |
| Colbert County | 6 |
| Choctaw County | 6 |
| Sumter County | 5 |
| Wilcox County | 5 |
| Monroe County | 4 |
| Marion County | 4 |
| Lowndes County | 4 |
| Crenshaw County | 3 |
| Chambers County | 3 |
| Coffee County | 3 |
| Greene County | 3 |
| Barbour County | 2 |
| Marengo County | 1 |
| Clarke County | 1 |
| Washington County | 1 |
| Dale County | 1 |
| Conecuh County | 1 |
| Perry County | 1 |
| Lamar County | 1 |
| Butler County | 1 |
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