Mushrooms in Walton 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:
Peach-Colored Fly Agaric Amanita persicina6 January records since 2011
Dead Man's Hand Scleroderma polyrhizum2 January records since 2011
Too few past records in February here to list species.
Too few past records in March here to list species.
Usually recorded in April here:
Purplepore Bracket Trichaptum abietinum2 April records across all years
Too few past records in May here to list species.
Too few past records in June here to list species.
Usually recorded in July here:
- Fomitella supina2 July records across all years
Too few past records in August here to list species.
Too few past records in September here to list species.
Too few past records in October here to list species.
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 | 6 | |
| 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 5 | |
| 4 | 3 | |
| 5 | 3 | |
| 6 | 2 | |
| 7 | 2 | |
| 8 | 2 | |
| 9 | 2 | |
| 10 | Tulostoma petrii | 2 |
| 11 | 2 | |
| 12 | 2 | |
| 13 | 2 | |
| 14 | 2 | |
| 15 | 2 |
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: May, Jan, 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.
- 1Jan 5, 2026Dead Man's Hand Scleroderma polyrhizumin Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 2Jan 5, 2026Peach-Colored Fly Agaric Amanita persicinain Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3Jan 4, 2026Peach-Colored Fly Agaric Amanita persicinain Grayton Beach State Park, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4Jan 4, 2026Peach-Colored Fly Agaric Amanita persicinain Grayton Beach State Park, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 5Jan 3, 2025Sandy Laccaria Laccaria trullissatain Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6
Jan 3, 2025Peeling Puffball Lycoperdon marginatumin Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 7Jan 2, 2025Dead Man's Hand Scleroderma polyrhizumin Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8Jan 2, 2025Peach-Colored Fly Agaric Amanita persicinain Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9
Jan 12, 2024False Turkeytail Stereum lobatumnear DeFuniak Springs, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 10
Jan 12, 2024Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriformenear DeFuniak Springs, FL · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
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How we built this page
168 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 85 CC0 and 83 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.