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Mushrooms in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
584mushroom records
161species recorded
Decbusiest month
584 records since 1888 (488 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:
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis14 January records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor12 January records since 2011
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum11 January records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum9 January records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus3 January records since 2011
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina3 January records since 2011
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus2 January records since 2011
Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta2 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February here:
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum9 February records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum5 February records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis5 February records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 February records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus2 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March here:
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum8 March records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum4 March records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor4 March records since 2011
- Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta3 March records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus2 March records since 2011
- Poronidulus conchifer2 March records since 2011
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva2 March records since 2011
Silky Parchment Stereum striatum2 March records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus2 March records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 March records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus2 March records since 2011
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus2 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 April records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus4 April records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum4 April records since 2011
- Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta4 April records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis3 April records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 April records since 2011
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa2 April records since 2011
Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum2 April records since 2011
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa2 April records since 2011- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus2 April records since 2011
- Acanthophysium oakesii2 April records since 2011
Too few past records in May here to list species.
Usually recorded in June here:
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus3 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July here:
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi5 July records since 2011
Red And Yellow Bolete Baorangia bicolor3 July records since 2011
Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus3 July records since 2011
Poison Champagne Amanita Amanita crenulata2 July records since 2011
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei2 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinum3 August records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 August records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus2 August records since 2011
Green Cheese Polypore Niveoporofomes spraguei2 August records since 2011- Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi2 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
- Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinum7 September records since 2011
Spotted Cort Cortinarius iodes3 September records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 September records since 2011
Bleeding Fairy Helmet Mycena haematopus2 September records since 2011
Wrinkled Cortinarius Cortinarius corrugatus2 September records since 2011
Lentinus levis2 September records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus2 September records since 2011
American Slippery Jack Suillus americanus2 September records since 2011
Purple-Edged Lute Callistosporium purpureomarginatum2 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum3 October records since 2011
Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum2 October records since 2011
Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei2 October records since 2011- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus2 October records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina2 October records since 2011
- Spotted Cort Cortinarius iodes2 October records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November here:
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum3 November records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme3 November records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor20 December records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum15 December records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum12 December records since 2011
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina7 December records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis6 December records since 2011
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus3 December records since 2011
Crimped Gill Plicaturopsis crispa3 December records since 2011- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus3 December records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus3 December records since 2011
- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus2 December records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa2 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.
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 57 | |
| 2 | 45 | |
| 3 | 41 | |
| 4 | 34 | |
| 5 | 14 | |
| 6 | 14 | |
| 7 | 12 | |
| 8 | 11 | |
| 9 | 10 | |
| 10 | 8 | |
| 11 | 8 | |
| 12 | 8 | |
| 13 | 8 | |
| 14 | 8 | |
| 15 | 7 |
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: Dec, 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 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.
- 1
Oct 1, 2026Plums And Custard Tricholomopsis rutilansnear Windham, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 2Oct 1, 2026Painted Suillus Suillus spragueinear Windham, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3Sep 21, 2026Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinumin Mohegan Park, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4Sep 21, 2026Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinumin Mohegan Park, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 5Sep 21, 2026Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinumin Mohegan Park, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6Sep 21, 2026Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinumin Mohegan Park, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 7Sep 21, 2026Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinumin Mohegan Park, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8
Sep 21, 2026Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudensnear Montville, CT (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 9
Sep 21, 2026Devil's Dipstick Mutinus elegansnear Norwich, CT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 10Sep 21, 2026Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinusnear Norwich, 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
584 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 89 CC0 and 495 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.