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Mushrooms in Connecticut
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
6,975mushroom records
8county pages
Augbusiest month
6,975 records since 1800 (2,332 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 versicolor17 January records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis17 January records since 2011
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum13 January records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum12 January records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus6 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum10 February records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum8 February records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus6 February records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor5 February records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis5 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor16 March records across all years
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum13 March records across all years
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum11 March records across all years
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa8 March records across all years
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina6 March records across all years
Peniophora cinerea6 March records across all years
Silky Parchment Stereum striatum6 March records across all years
Glue Crust Fungus Hydnoporia corrugata5 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor20 April records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum11 April records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis7 April records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum6 April records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus6 April records since 2011
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus5 April records since 2011
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa5 April records since 2011
Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius5 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus18 May records across all years
Oak Mazegill Daedalea quercina10 May records across all years
Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta7 May records across all years- Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa7 May records across all years
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 May records across all years
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina6 May records across all years
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae6 May records across all years- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina6 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae11 June records across all years
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus8 June records across all years- Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina8 June records across all years
- Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta8 June records across all years
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 June records across all years
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis5 June records across all years
- Oak Mazegill Daedalea quercina5 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July in this state:
Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus20 July records since 2011
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi19 July records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus18 July records since 2011
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei10 July records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus9 July records since 2011
Red And Yellow Bolete Baorangia bicolor6 July records since 2011
Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum6 July records since 2011
Yellow American Blusher Amanita flavorubens5 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor16 August records since 2011
Spotted Cort Cortinarius iodes15 August records since 2011
Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinum12 August records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus11 August records since 2011
- Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus11 August records since 2011
Old Man Of The Woods Strobilomyces strobilaceus11 August records since 2011- Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi10 August records since 2011
Apple Bolete Exsudoporus frostii8 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor17 September records since 2011
- Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinum17 September records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus16 September records since 2011
- Spotted Cort Cortinarius iodes10 September records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa10 September records since 2011- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina10 September records since 2011
- Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa10 September records since 2011
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa9 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor16 October records since 2011
Aborted Entoloma, Shrimp Of The Woods Entoloma abortivum11 October records since 2011
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa11 October records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme10 October records since 2011
Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus ravenelii9 October records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis9 October records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum9 October records since 2011
- Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa9 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina18 November records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor13 November records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme7 November records since 2011
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum7 November records since 2011- Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus ravenelii5 November records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis5 November records since 2011
Mock Oyster Mushroom Phyllotopsis nidulans5 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor29 December records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum21 December records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum13 December records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis10 December records since 2011
- Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina9 December records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus6 December records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa5 December records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 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: Aug, Sep, Oct.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (1) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Capitol Planning Region | 2,356 |
| Northwest Hills Planning Region | 1,037 |
| South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 1,035 |
| Western Connecticut Planning Region | 850 |
| Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 584 |
| Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 429 |
| Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 397 |
| Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 251 |
| Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 36 |
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