Mushrooms in Delaware
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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:
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus6 January records across all years
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus5 January records across all years- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus5 January records across all years
Too few past records in February in this state to list species.
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Athelia scutellaris5 March records across all years
- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus5 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April in this state:
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum10 April records across all years
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 April records across all years
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May in this state:
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 May records across all years
Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus5 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June in this state:
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus5 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Meganotus everhartii26 July records across all years
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus5 July records across all years
Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus5 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus8 August records across all years
Golden Reishi Ganoderma curtisii7 August records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 August records across all years
Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum5 August records across all years- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis5 August records across all years
Fluted Bird's Nest Cyathus striatus5 August records across all years
Old Man Of The Woods Strobilomyces strobilaceus5 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Xanthoporia andersonii20 September records across all years
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis16 September records across all years
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa16 September records across all years
Salmon Bracket Erastia salmonicolor14 September records across all years
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa6 September records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 September records across all years
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus6 September records across all years
Dyer's Mazegill Phaeolus schweinitzii5 September records across all years
Usually recorded in October in this state:
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria8 October records across all years
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa7 October records across all years
Silver Leaf Disease Chondrostereum purpureum6 October records across all years
Glue Crust Fungus Hydnoporia corrugata5 October records across all years- Meganotus everhartii5 October records across all years
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus5 October records across all years
Usually recorded in November in this state:
Lacquered Bracket Ganoderma lucidum10 November records across all years
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum7 November records across all years
Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta5 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Glue Crust Fungus Hydnoporia corrugata5 December records across all years
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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: Sep, Oct, Jul.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (0) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
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| New Castle County | 1,778 |
| Sussex County | 312 |
| Kent County | 160 |
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