Mushrooms in Amador County, California
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 here:
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 January records across all years
Usually recorded in February here:
Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum2 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March here:
- Sebacina burtii5 March records across all years
Blushing Bride Amanita novinupta2 March records across all years
Bittersweet Orange Ringless Amanita Amanita velosa2 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April here:
- Blushing Bride Amanita novinupta2 April records across all years
Candy Cap Lactarius rubidus2 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May here:
Clitocybe albirhiza2 May records across all years
Snowmelt Clitocybe Clitocybe glacialis2 May records across all years
Hygrophorus subalpinus2 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June here:
Cortinarius thiersii4 June records across all years
Calonarius verrucisporus3 June records across all years- Hygrophorus subalpinus3 June records across all years
Torn Fibrecap Inocybe lacera2 June records across all years
Phlegmacium glaucopus2 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July here:
- Snowmelt Clitocybe Clitocybe glacialis2 July records across all years
- Chromosera cyanophylla2 July records across all years
- Calonarius verrucisporus2 July records across all years
- Hygrophorus subalpinus2 July records across all years
Sculpted Puffball Calvatia sculpta2 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August here:
Brownish Chroogomphus Chroogomphus rutilus3 August records across all years
Red-Footed Bitter Bolete Caloboletus rubripes2 August records across all years
Mountain Butter Bolete Butyriboletus abieticola2 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September here:
Aspen Bolete Leccinum insigne5 September records across all years
Blue-Staining Slippery Jack Suillus tomentosus4 September records across all years
Jewelled Amanita Amanita gemmata3 September records across all years
Mountain Satan's Bolete Rubroboletus haematinus3 September records across all years
Bitter Brown Leucopax Leucopaxillus gentianeus2 September records across all years
Gastroboletus turbinatus2 September records across all years
Short-Stalked Suillus Suillus brevipes2 September records across all years- Leccinum brunneum2 September records across all years
- Brownish Chroogomphus Chroogomphus rutilus2 September records across all years
Scaly Chanterelle Turbinellus floccosus2 September records across all years
Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatus2 September records across all years
Usually recorded in October here:
- Aspen Bolete Leccinum insigne5 October records across all years
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria3 October records across all years- Scaly Chanterelle Turbinellus floccosus3 October records across all years
Clustered Domecap Lyophyllum decastes3 October records across all years- Leccinum brunneum3 October records across all years
- Phlegmacium glaucopus2 October records across all years
Common Collybia Gymnopus dryophilus2 October records across all years
Usually recorded in November here:
- Sebacina burtii16 November records across all years
Poor Man's Slippery Jack Suillus fuscotomentosus4 November records across all years
Liver Bolete Suillellus amygdalinus2 November records across all years- Leccinum arbuticola2 November records across all years
- Jewelled Amanita Amanita gemmata2 November records across all years
Clay-Gilled Milkcap Lactarius argillaceifolius2 November records across all years
Butter Bolete Butyriboletus appendiculatus2 November records across all years- Common Collybia Gymnopus dryophilus2 November records across all years
Galactic Milk Cap Lactarius xanthogalactus2 November records across all years
Grisette Amanita vaginata2 November records across all years
Hair Ice Crust Exidiopsis effusa2 November records across all years
Wine-Colored Agaricus Agaricus subrutilescens2 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December here:
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus2 December records since 2011
Pinelitter Gingertail Xeromphalina cauticinalis2 December records since 2011
Fragrant Clitocybe Clitocybe fragrans2 December records since 2011- Mycena bulliformis2 December records since 2011
- Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum2 December records since 2011
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | |
| 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | 8 | |
| 5 | 8 | |
| 6 | 7 | |
| 7 | 6 | |
| 8 | 6 | |
| 9 | 6 | |
| 10 | 5 | |
| 11 | 5 | |
| 12 | 5 | |
| 13 | 5 | |
| 14 | 5 | |
| 15 | 5 |
Being on this list doesn't mean a mushroom is common, easy to identify or safe. It only means it has been recorded here often.
Best months to look
Records by month, all years. Busiest: Nov, Dec, Oct.
Sightings map
● Each dot is a place with at least one record (rounded to about 1 km). Locations can be approximate, and many are on private land. Numbered blue circles are recent sightings, shown only to a general area of about 10 km.
Recent sightings
The 8 most recent dated records in this county, newest first. Data as of October 26, 2026. Records can take weeks or more to reach GBIF, so the newest finds may not show yet. Places are given only as a public park or forest (from the USGS Protected Areas Database) or the nearest town, and the numbered circles on the map cover a general area, not an exact spot.
- 1
Aug 19, 2026Brown Cubical Rot Laetiporus conifericolain Eldorado National Forest, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 2
May 6, 2026Spring King Boletus rex-verisin Eldorado National Forest, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 3
Feb 26, 2025Woolly Bird's Nest Fungus Nidula niveotomentosanear Pine Grove, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 4
Dec 21, 2024Ash Cap Myxomphalia mauranear Pine Grove, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 5Sep 9, 2024Turkeytail Trametes versicolornear Pine Grove, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6
Sep 8, 2024Incense Cedar Conk Tyromyces amarusin Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 7Jul 5, 2024Sculpted Puffball Calvatia sculptain Eldorado National Forest, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8Jun 21, 2024Ramaria cartilagineain Amador County, CA · museum/herbarium specimen (California State University, East Bay) · original record
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How we built this page
385 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 307 CC0 and 78 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.