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Mushrooms in Arkansas
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
2,237mushroom records
8county pages
Octbusiest month
2,237 records since 1889 (977 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:
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor9 January records since 2011
Mock Oyster Mushroom Phyllotopsis nidulans7 January records since 2011- Poronidulus conchifer5 January records since 2011
Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata5 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor5 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor5 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April in this state:
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus6 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus7 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
Yellow Patches Amanita flavoconia5 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
Lactarius hygrophoroides5 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Kneiffiella abdita7 August records across all years
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus6 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September in this state:
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa10 September records across all years
Porostereum spadiceum8 September records across all years
Stereum versicolor8 September records across all years
Golden Coral Fungus Ramaria aurea8 September records across all years- Hydnoporia fuscescens5 September records across all years
Usually recorded in October in this state:
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus10 October records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor9 October records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus8 October records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme8 October records since 2011
Bearded Tooth Hericium erinaceus7 October records since 2011
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa7 October records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis6 October records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus5 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa12 November records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme11 November records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus7 November records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune7 November records since 2011- Poronidulus conchifer6 November records since 2011
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus6 November records since 2011- Cubamyces lactineus6 November records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus8 December records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum8 December records since 2011- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus7 December records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 December records since 2011
- Poronidulus conchifer6 December records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 December records since 2011
- Bearded Tooth Hericium erinaceus5 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: Oct, Nov, Jul.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (54) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Craighead County | 302 |
| Independence County | 210 |
| Benton County | 195 |
| Baxter County | 148 |
| Poinsett County | 137 |
| Washington County | 133 |
| Stone County | 109 |
| Marion County | 101 |
| Searcy County | 93 |
| Greene County | 77 |
| Lawrence County | 62 |
| Pulaski County | 49 |
| Garland County | 43 |
| Pike County | 34 |
| Johnson County | 33 |
| Montgomery County | 32 |
| Clay County | 30 |
| Mississippi County | 28 |
| Desha County | 27 |
| Cross County | 25 |
| Newton County | 25 |
| Miller County | 23 |
| Perry County | 21 |
| Franklin County | 18 |
| Faulkner County | 18 |
| Izard County | 18 |
| Crittenden County | 17 |
| Lee County | 14 |
| Sebastian County | 13 |
| Madison County | 13 |
| Jackson County | 11 |
| Polk County | 11 |
| Clark County | 10 |
| Dallas County | 10 |
| Chicot County | 10 |
| St. Francis County | 9 |
| Ashley County | 9 |
| Boone County | 9 |
| White County | 9 |
| Arkansas County | 8 |
| Pope County | 8 |
| Carroll County | 7 |
| Jefferson County | 6 |
| Crawford County | 6 |
| Cleburne County | 6 |
| Hempstead County | 5 |
| Saline County | 5 |
| Hot Spring County | 5 |
| Ouachita County | 5 |
| Scott County | 5 |
| Phillips County | 5 |
| Lonoke County | 4 |
| Conway County | 3 |
| Nevada County | 3 |
| Yell County | 3 |
| Randolph County | 3 |
| Prairie County | 3 |
| Logan County | 3 |
| Howard County | 3 |
| Cleveland County | 2 |
| Columbia County | 2 |
| Little River County | 1 |
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