Mushrooms in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
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:
Oak Mazegill Daedalea quercina2 January records across all years
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa2 January records across all years- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 January records across all years
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum2 January records across all years
Usually recorded in February here:
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus2 February records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March here:
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum3 March records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April here:
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis3 April records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus2 April records since 2011- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum2 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May here:
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina3 May records across all years
Poplar Bracket Oxyporus populinus2 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June here:
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae5 June records across all years
Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta3 June records across all years- Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina2 June records across all years
Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius2 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July here:
- Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina2 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor8 August records across all years
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum5 August records across all years
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus5 August records across all years
Oak Curtain Crust Hymenochaete rubiginosa4 August records across all years- Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa4 August records across all years
Smoky Bracket Bjerkandera adusta3 August records across all years- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus3 August records across all years
- Oak Mazegill Daedalea quercina3 August records across all years
Willow Glue Hydnoporia tabacina3 August records across all years
Tree Bacon Punctularia strigosozonata3 August records across all years
Apple Bolete Exsudoporus frostii3 August records across all years
Tawny Grisette Amanita fulva2 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September here:
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus4 September records across all years
- Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina3 September records across all years
White Cheese Polypore Tyromyces chioneus2 September records across all years- Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa2 September records across all years
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum2 September records across all years
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina2 September records across all years
Chippewa Bolete Boletus chippewaensis2 September records across all years
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa2 September records across all years
Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii2 September records across all years- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus2 September records across all years
Usually recorded in October here:
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus5 October records across all years
- Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta4 October records across all years
- Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa3 October records across all years
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 October records across all years
Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum3 October records across all years- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina2 October records across all years
Poison Champagne Amanita Amanita crenulata2 October records across all years- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus2 October records across all years
Usually recorded in November here:
- Corticium radiosum2 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor5 December records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum3 December records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 December records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus2 December records since 2011
- Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta2 December records since 2011
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | |
| 2 | 17 | |
| 3 | 14 | |
| 4 | 12 | |
| 5 | 12 | |
| 6 | 12 | |
| 7 | 11 | |
| 8 | 11 | |
| 9 | 10 | |
| 10 | 9 | |
| 11 | 7 | |
| 12 | 7 | |
| 13 | 6 | |
| 14 | 6 | |
| 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: Aug, Sep, 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.
- 1Sep 29, 2026Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosanear Ashford, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 2Sep 29, 2026Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosanear Ashford, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3Sep 29, 2026Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticusnear Ashford, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4
Sep 29, 2026Veiled Oyster Pleurotus dryinusnear Ashford, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 5
Sep 29, 2026Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinumnear Ashford, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 6Sep 28, 2026Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinusnear Ashford, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 7
Sep 22, 2026Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatumnear Ashford, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 8Aug 20, 2026Apple Bolete Exsudoporus frostiinear Brooklyn, CT (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9
Aug 15, 2026Painted Suillus Suillus spragueinear Hampton, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 10
Aug 4, 2026Cinnamon Bracket Hapalopilus rutilansnear Voluntown, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
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How we built this page
397 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 227 CC0 and 170 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.