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Mushrooms in El Dorado County, California
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
4,823mushroom records
384species recorded
Junbusiest month
4,823 records since 1920 (4,408 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 here:
California Jack O' Lantern Omphalotus olivascens6 January records since 2011
Cowboy's Handkerchief Hygrophorus eburneus4 January records since 2011
Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum3 January records since 2011
Wood Blewit Lepista nuda3 January records since 2011- Tulostoma caespitosum2 January records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 January records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus2 January records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus2 January records since 2011
Poor Man's Slippery Jack Suillus fuscotomentosus2 January records since 2011
Yellow Fieldcap Bolbitius titubans2 January records since 2011
Big Sheath Mushroom Volvopluteus gloiocephalus2 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February here:
- California Jack O' Lantern Omphalotus olivascens6 February records since 2011
Xeromphalina enigmatica3 February records since 2011
Liver Bolete Suillellus amygdalinus3 February records since 2011- Yellow Fieldcap Bolbitius titubans3 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March here:
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 March records since 2011- Multiclavula corynoides2 March records since 2011
- Xylodon quercinus2 March records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus2 March records since 2011
Rosy Navel Contumyces rosellus2 March records since 2011
Bittersweet Orange Ringless Amanita Amanita velosa2 March records since 2011- Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum2 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April here:
- Bittersweet Orange Ringless Amanita Amanita velosa4 April records across all years
Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatus4 April records across all years
Purple-Red Hygrophorus Hygrophorus purpurascens2 April records across all years- Fomes arctostaphyli2 April records across all years
Western American Destroying Angel Amanita ocreata2 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May here:
- Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatus9 May records since 2011
Crassisporium funariophilum7 May records since 2011
Pholiota molesta6 May records since 2011
Ash Cap Myxomphalia maura5 May records since 2011
Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae4 May records since 2011
Snowmelt Clitocybe Clitocybe glacialis4 May records since 2011
Little Cone Bell Entoloma holoconiotum3 May records since 2011- Tyromyces leucospongius2 May records since 2011
Psathyrella pennata2 May records since 2011
Sculptured Puffball Calbovista subsculpta2 May records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June here:
- Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatus14 June records since 2011
Cortinarius thiersii3 June records since 2011- Butyriboletus primiregius2 June records since 2011
- Galerina diabolissima2 June records since 2011
- Inocybe moravica2 June records since 2011
Phlegmacium sublilacinum2 June records since 2011- Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae2 June records since 2011
Spring King Boletus rex-veris2 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July here:
- Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatus6 July records since 2011
Giant Lentinus Neolentinus ponderosus4 July records since 2011
West Coast Reishi Ganoderma oregonense2 July records since 2011
Rickenella mellea2 July records since 2011- Bovista californica2 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
- Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatus7 August records since 2011
- Lactarius sphagneti6 August records since 2011
- Russula serissima5 August records since 2011
- Rickenella mellea5 August records since 2011
- Giant Lentinus Neolentinus ponderosus5 August records since 2011
- Cuphophyllus cinerellus4 August records since 2011
Jellied Bolete Suillus flavidus4 August records since 2011- Russula mustelina4 August records since 2011
Sickener Russula emetica4 August records since 2011
Arrhenia lobata4 August records since 2011
Torn Fibrecap Inocybe lacera4 August records since 2011- Inocybe subcarpta4 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria9 September records since 2011- Jellied Bolete Suillus flavidus6 September records since 2011
Alder Scalycap Flammula alnicola5 September records since 2011- Hygrocybe substrangulata4 September records since 2011
Coppery Waxcap Hygrophorus siccipes4 September records since 2011- Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatus4 September records since 2011
- Rickenella mellea3 September records since 2011
Short-Stalked Suillus Suillus brevipes3 September records since 2011- Cortinarius leiocastaneus3 September records since 2011
- Cortinarius fuscoflexipes3 September records since 2011
Deep Purple Bolete Xerocomellus atropurpureus3 September records since 2011
Pluteus brunneidiscus3 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
Scaly Chanterelle Turbinellus floccosus6 October records across all years- Short-Stalked Suillus Suillus brevipes5 October records across all years
Slender Jack Suillus umbonatus5 October records across all years- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria4 October records across all years
Blue-Staining Slippery Jack Suillus tomentosus4 October records across all years- Leccinum discolor4 October records across all years
Giant Pine Spike Chroogomphus pseudovinicolor3 October records across all years- Leccinum montanum3 October records across all years
- Leccinum brunneum3 October records across all years
Aspen Bolete Leccinum insigne3 October records across all years
Leaf Parachute Marasmius epiphyllus2 October records across all years- Lepiota atrodisca2 October records across all years
Usually recorded in November here:
Brown Hay Cap Panaeolina foenisecii3 November records since 2011
Branched Shanklet Dendrocollybia racemosa2 November records since 2011
Aniseed Funnel Clitocybe odora2 November records since 2011- Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum2 November records since 2011
Fir-Cone Mushroom Strobilurus trullisatus2 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December here:
Common Collybia Gymnopus dryophilus4 December records across all years
Apricot Jelly Guepinia helvelloides3 December records across all years
Bonnets Mycena californiensis2 December records across all years
⚠ 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.
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | |
| 2 | 21 | |
| 3 | 17 | |
| 4 | 14 | |
| 5 | 14 | |
| 6 | 14 | |
| 7 | 12 | |
| 8 | 11 | |
| 9 | 11 | |
| 10 | Leccinum montanum | 10 |
| 11 | Lactarius sphagneti | 10 |
| 12 | 10 | |
| 13 | 9 | |
| 14 | 9 | |
| 15 | 9 |
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: Jun, Sep, Aug.
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 9 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 17, 2026Brown Cubical Rot Laetiporus conifericolain Eldorado National Forest, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 2Aug 12, 2026Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatusnear South Lake Tahoe, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3Aug 12, 2026Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatusnear South Lake Tahoe, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4Jun 4, 2026Spring King Boletus rex-verisnear South Lake Tahoe, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 5May 2, 2026Ash Cap Myxomphalia maurain El Dorado County, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6May 2, 2026Tulosesus impatiensnear Pollock Pines, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 7Apr 9, 2026Tulosesus impatiensnear Pollock Pines, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8Mar 28, 2026Bittersweet Orange Ringless Amanita Amanita velosanear Placerville, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9Mar 20, 2026Turkeytail Trametes versicolornear Placerville, CA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
Many sightings are on private land. Always get the landowner's permission, and follow the rules of parks and forests, which often limit or ban collecting.
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How we built this page
4,823 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 3,964 CC0 and 859 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.