Mushrooms in Lake County, Florida
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:
Tropical Cinnabar Bracket, Orange Polypore Pycnoporus sanguineus3 January records across all years
False Turkey-Tail Stereum ostrea3 January records across all years
Sulphur Tuft Hypholoma fasciculare2 January records across all years
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus2 January records across all years- Melanoleuca virginea2 January records across all years
Hexagonia hydnoides2 January records across all years
Conifer Mazegill Gloeophyllum sepiarium2 January records across all years
Spring Polypore Lentinus arcularius2 January records across all years
Stereum versicolor2 January records across all years
Usually recorded in February here:
Hymenochaete iodina2 February records across all years
Too few past records in March here to list species.
Too few past records in April here to list species.
Usually recorded in May here:
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June here:
Barometer Earthstar Astraeus hygrometricus3 June records across all years- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune3 June records across all years
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva2 June records across all years
Common Fieldcap Agrocybe pediades2 June records across all years
Fuscoporia licnoides2 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July here:
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis5 July records across all years
Horse Mushroom Agaricus arvensis3 July records across all years- Cerrena hydnoides3 July records across all years
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum2 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August here:
- Pulchroboletus sclerotiorum2 August records across all years
- Amanita komarekensis2 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September here:
- Hexagonia hydnoides3 September records across all years
Frothy Porecrust Irpex latemarginatus2 September records across all years
Usually recorded in October here:
Rhopalogaster transversarius11 October records across all years- Dictyonema irpicinum3 October records across all years
- Frothy Porecrust Irpex latemarginatus2 October records across all years
Too few past records in November here to list species.
Too few past records in December here to list species.
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | |
| 2 | 9 | |
| 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | 7 | |
| 5 | 6 | |
| 6 | 5 | |
| 7 | 5 | |
| 8 | 5 | |
| 9 | 4 | |
| 10 | 4 | |
| 11 | Geastrum javanicum | 3 |
| 12 | 3 | |
| 13 | 3 | |
| 14 | 3 | |
| 15 | 3 |
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: Jan, Oct, Jul.
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 6 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
May 24, 2026Astraeus morganiiin Lake Louisa State Park, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 2
Dec 30, 2024Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosanear Tavares, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 3
Sep 18, 2024Exsudoporus floridanusin Lake Griffin State Park, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 4Aug 25, 2024Hexagonia hydnoidesnear Mount Plymouth, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 5
Jul 7, 2024Tricholomopsis formosanear Lake Mack-Forest Hills, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 6Dec 23, 2023Russula albimarginatanear Lake Mack-Forest Hills, FL · museum/herbarium specimen (FLAS) · original record
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How we built this page
204 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 186 CC0 and 18 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.