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Mushrooms in District of Columbia
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
4,097mushroom records
1county pages
Octbusiest month
4,097 records since 1869 (1,810 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 versicolor10 January records since 2011
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus7 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor11 February records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus6 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor10 March records across all years
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa6 March records across all years
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April in this state:
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus11 April records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor8 April records across all years
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis6 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May in this state:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus13 May records since 2011
Protohydnum album12 May records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus12 May records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune9 May records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus9 May records since 2011
Glistening Ink-Cap Coprinellus micaceus8 May records since 2011
Wine Roundhead Stropharia rugosoannulata7 May records since 2011
Feltscale Inky Cap Coprinopsis variegata7 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
Byssomerulius incarnatus19 June records since 2011- Protohydnum album17 June records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus7 June records since 2011
- Feltscale Inky Cap Coprinopsis variegata6 June records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune6 June records since 2011
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei5 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei23 July records since 2011
- Protohydnum album19 July records since 2011
- Byssomerulius incarnatus16 July records since 2011
Lantern Stinkhorn Lysurus mokusin14 July records since 2011
Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipes13 July records since 2011
False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata10 July records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus9 July records since 2011
Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus9 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Byssomerulius incarnatus24 August records since 2011
- Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei14 August records since 2011
Ganoderma resinaceum11 August records since 2011
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum11 August records since 2011
Burnt-Orange Bolete Tylopilus balloui8 August records since 2011
False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites6 August records since 2011
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi6 August records since 2011- Protohydnum album6 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus13 September records since 2011
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana13 September records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor12 September records since 2011
- Ganoderma resinaceum11 September records since 2011
- Byssomerulius incarnatus10 September records since 2011
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa10 September records since 2011
Common Bird's Nest Crucibulum laeve8 September records since 2011- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum6 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa27 October records since 2011- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa18 October records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor16 October records since 2011
Bearded Tooth Hericium erinaceus14 October records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens12 October records since 2011- Ganoderma resinaceum11 October records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus10 October records since 2011
- Byssomerulius incarnatus9 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor23 November records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme11 November records since 2011- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum8 November records since 2011
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes8 November records since 2011- Byssomerulius incarnatus7 November records since 2011
Bulbous Honey Fungus Armillaria gallica6 November records since 2011
Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii6 November records since 2011- Ganoderma resinaceum5 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor12 December records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus7 December records since 2011- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus7 December records since 2011
- Byssomerulius incarnatus6 December records since 2011
Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata6 December records since 2011- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus5 December records since 2011
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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: Oct, Sep, Jul.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (0) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 4,097 |
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