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Mushrooms in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
2,356mushroom records
648species recorded
Sepbusiest month
2,356 records since 1893 (335 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:
Black Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa6 January records across all years
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 January records across all years
Rosy Crust Peniophora incarnata4 January records across all years
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum3 January records across all years
Stringy Butt Rot Poriella subacida3 January records across all years
Peniophora cinerea3 January records across all years
Corticium roseum2 January records across all years- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus2 January records across all years
Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta2 January records across all years
Lepista tarda2 January records across all years
Ochre Spreading Tooth Steccherinum ochraceum2 January records across all years
Winter Polypore Lentinus brumalis2 January records across all years
Usually recorded in February here:
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva3 February records across all years- Peniophora versiformis2 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March here:
- Peniophora cinerea5 March records across all years
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina2 March records across all years- Winter Polypore Lentinus brumalis2 March records across all years
Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum2 March records across all years
Glue Crust Fungus Hydnoporia corrugata2 March records across all years
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus2 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 April records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum4 April records since 2011
Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius3 April records since 2011
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus2 April records since 2011
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae2 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May here:
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum4 May records across all years
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus4 May records across all years
Vararia investiens3 May records across all years- Black Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa3 May records across all years
- Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta3 May records across all years
Tree Bacon Punctularia strigosozonata3 May records across all years
Annosus Root Disease Heterobasidion annosum3 May records across all years
European Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia platyphylla3 May records across all years
Tremellodendron merismatoides3 May records across all years
Timber Mazegill Gloeophyllum trabeum2 May records across all years
Smoky Bracket Bjerkandera adusta2 May records across all years
Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea2 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June here:
Baltazaria galactina2 June records across all years- Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae2 June records across all years
Ceriporia spissa2 June records across all years
Lachnella villosa2 June records across all years
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina2 June records across all years
Oak Mazegill Daedalea quercina2 June records across all years
Split Porecrust Schizopora paradoxa2 June records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 June records across all years
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus2 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July here:
Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus6 July records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus4 July records since 2011
Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum3 July records since 2011
American Caesar's Mushroom Amanita jacksonii3 July records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus3 July records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 July records since 2011
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi2 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor5 August records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus4 August records since 2011
Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinum3 August records since 2011
Orange-Yellow Marasmius Marasmius strictipes2 August records since 2011
Black-Stalked Marasmius Tetrapyrgos nigripes2 August records since 2011- Russula rubellipes2 August records since 2011
- Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus2 August records since 2011
Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus ravenelii2 August records since 2011
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa2 August records since 2011
Spotted Cort Cortinarius iodes2 August records since 2011
Old Man Of The Woods Strobilomyces strobilaceus2 August records since 2011
Red And Yellow Bolete Baorangia bicolor2 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
- Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus ravenelii5 September records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens5 September records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus5 September records since 2011
Cortinarius quercophilus4 September records since 2011- Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum3 September records since 2011
Devil's Dipstick Mutinus elegans3 September records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 September records since 2011
Inocybe calospora2 September records since 2011- Phlegmacium brunneoviolaceum2 September records since 2011
- Russula subsulphurea2 September records since 2011
- Entoloma flavifolium2 September records since 2011
- Cortinarius duracinellus2 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus3 October records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme2 October records since 2011
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina2 October records since 2011
Bear's Head Tooth Hericium americanum2 October records since 2011
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus2 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November here:
- Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum7 November records across all years
Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum6 November records across all years- Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina6 November records across all years
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis5 November records across all years
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor5 November records across all years
Botryobasidium vagum4 November records across all years- Hypholoma perplexum4 November records across all years
- Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta4 November records across all years
- Fungi Xanthoperenniporia tenuis4 November records across all years
Spreading Phlebia Phlebia radiata4 November records across all years
Lacquered Bracket Ganoderma lucidum4 November records across all years
Cinereomyces lindbladii3 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December here:
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 December records across all years
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus5 December records across all years- Black Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa5 December records across all years
- Peniophora cinerea5 December records across all years
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva4 December records across all years
- Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum3 December records across all years
- Rosy Crust Peniophora incarnata3 December records across all years
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum3 December records across all years
- Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta3 December records across all years
Crimped Gill Plicaturopsis crispa3 December records across all years- Corticium roseum2 December records across all years
- Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina2 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 | 27 | |
| 3 | 24 | |
| 4 | 23 | |
| 5 | 22 | |
| 6 | 22 | |
| 7 | 22 | |
| 8 | 21 | |
| 9 | 20 | |
| 10 | 19 | |
| 11 | 19 | |
| 12 | 18 | |
| 13 | 16 | |
| 14 | 15 | |
| 15 | 14 |
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: Sep, Aug, 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 10 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.
- 1Oct 4, 2026Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudensnear Farmington, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 2Sep 30, 2026Vitreoporus dichrousnear Mansfield, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3Sep 24, 2026Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus raveneliinear Bloomfield, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4
Sep 23, 2026Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosumnear Suffield, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 5Sep 18, 2026Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinumnear Bloomfield, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6Sep 18, 2026Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus raveneliinear Bloomfield, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 7Sep 16, 2026Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus raveneliinear Bloomfield, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8
Sep 16, 2026Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosanear East Granby, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 9
Sep 15, 2026Bleeding Fairy Helmet Mycena haematopusnear Mansfield, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 10
Sep 14, 2026Wrinkled Cortinarius Cortinarius corrugatusnear Mansfield, CT · 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
2,356 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 2,099 CC0 and 257 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.