Mushrooms in Clarke County, Georgia
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
878mushroom records
320species recorded
Augbusiest month
878 records since 1913 (373 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:
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 January records across all years
Ochre Spreading Tooth Steccherinum ochraceum4 January records across all years
Peniophora cinerea4 January records across all years
Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum3 January records across all years
Laxitextum bicolor3 January records across all years
Crowded Cuplet Merismodes fasciculata3 January records across all years
Stringy Butt Rot Poriella subacida2 January records across all years
Subulicystidium longisporum2 January records across all years
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva2 January records across all years- Hymenochaete pinnatifida2 January records across all years
- Sistotrema coronilla2 January records across all years
- Alloexidiopsis calcea2 January records across all years
Usually recorded in February here:
Giraffe Spots Peniophora albobadia4 February records across all years
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus4 February records across all years- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis4 February records across all years
Frothy Porecrust Irpex latemarginatus2 February records across all years
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum2 February records across all years
Corticium roseum2 February records across all years
Dendrothele candida2 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March here:
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum5 March records across all years
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum4 March records across all years- Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum3 March records across all years
- Lachnella pollinaria3 March records across all years
- Scytinostroma fulvum2 March records across all years
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 March records across all years
Glue Crust Fungus Hydnoporia corrugata2 March records across all years
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 March records across all years
Resupinatus poriaeformis2 March records across all years- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April here:
- Panus neostrigosus3 April records across all years
- Tulasnella pinicola2 April records across all years
Sickener Russula emetica2 April records across all years
Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus2 April records across all years
Dry Rot Serpula lacrymans2 April records across all years- Globifomes graveolens2 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May here:
- Cubamyces lactineus4 May records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis4 May records since 2011
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva3 May records since 2011
False Turkey-Tail Stereum ostrea3 May records since 2011- Frothy Porecrust Irpex latemarginatus2 May records since 2011
Meruliopsis taxicola2 May records since 2011- Funalia floccosa2 May records since 2011
Parasols Macrolepiota macilenta2 May records since 2011- Panus neostrigosus2 May records since 2011
Devil's Dipstick Mutinus elegans2 May records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June here:
- Cubamyces lactineus3 June records since 2011
Golden Reishi Ganoderma curtisii2 June records since 2011
Caloboletus firmus2 June records since 2011
Burnt-Orange Bolete Tylopilus balloui2 June records since 2011
Jellied False Coral Sebacina schweinitzii2 June records since 2011
False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata2 June records since 2011
Lentinus levis2 June records since 2011- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva2 June records since 2011
Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipes2 June records since 2011- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum2 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July here:
False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites5 July records since 2011- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva2 July records since 2011
Violet Gray Bolete Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus2 July records since 2011- Lentinus levis2 July records since 2011
- Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipes2 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
- Boletus mahoganicoloroides6 August records since 2011
- Alessioporus rubriflavus4 August records since 2011
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva3 August records since 2011
Exsudoporus floridanus3 August records since 2011- Ganoderma martinicense2 August records since 2011
Bleeding Oak Crust Stereum gausapatum2 August records since 2011- False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites2 August records since 2011
- Boletus roseolateritius2 August records since 2011
- Boletus pseudopinophilus2 August records since 2011
- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus2 August records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum2 August records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa7 September records across all years
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa3 September records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 September records across all years
Coltricia focicola2 September records across all years
Usually recorded in October here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor5 October records across all years
- Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa4 October records across all years
Oak Bracket Pseudoinonotus dryadeus4 October records across all years
Ganoderma lobatum3 October records across all years- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum2 October records across all years
Honey Fungus Armillaria mellea2 October records across all years
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina2 October records across all years- Calyptella capula2 October records across all years
Blushing Beard Truffle Rhizopogon roseolus2 October records across all years
Brownish Chroogomphus Chroogomphus rutilus2 October records across all years
Fragile Dapperling Leucocoprinus fragilissimus2 October records across all years
Usually recorded in November here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor4 November records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum4 November records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme3 November records since 2011- False Turkey-Tail Stereum ostrea3 November records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis3 November records since 2011
Spreading Phlebia Phlebia radiata2 November records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus2 November records since 2011
- Oak Bracket Pseudoinonotus dryadeus2 November records since 2011
- Cubamyces lactineus2 November records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December here:
Phlebiopsis gigantea3 December records across all years- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus2 December records across all years
Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae2 December records across all years- Tulasnella pinicola2 December records across all years
Sebacina epigaea2 December records across all years
Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus ravenelii2 December records across all years
⚠ 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 | 27 | |
| 2 | 21 | |
| 3 | 19 | |
| 4 | 19 | |
| 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | 11 | |
| 7 | 11 | |
| 8 | 10 | |
| 9 | 10 | |
| 10 | 10 | |
| 11 | 10 | |
| 12 | 10 | |
| 13 | 9 | |
| 14 | 9 | |
| 15 | 9 |
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: Aug, Nov, May.
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.
- 1Sep 12, 2026Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosain Tallassee Forest, GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 2Aug 31, 2026Turkeytail Trametes versicolornear Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3
Aug 17, 2026Agaricus pocillatorin State Botanical Gardens Of Georgia, GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 4Aug 13, 2026Exsudoporus floridanusnear Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 5Aug 12, 2026Alessioporus rubriflavusnear Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6Aug 12, 2026Exsudoporus floridanusnear Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 7Aug 12, 2026Boletus mahoganicoloroidesnear Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8Aug 12, 2026Boletus pseudopinophilusnear Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9Aug 12, 2026Boletus mahoganicoloroidesnear Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 10
Aug 8, 2026Gerronema strombodesin State Botanical Gardens Of Georgia, GA · 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
878 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 547 CC0 and 331 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.