Mushrooms in Rabun County, Georgia
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.
Too few past records in January here to list species.
Usually recorded in February here:
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor4 February records across all years
Smoky Bracket Bjerkandera adusta2 February records across all years
Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum2 February records across all years
Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta2 February records across all years
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum2 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March here:
- Perenniporia unita2 March records across all years
Too few past records in April here to list species.
Usually recorded in May here:
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus5 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June here:
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus7 June records across all years
Sulphur Tuft Hypholoma fasciculare5 June records across all years
Marasmiellus praeacutus3 June records across all years
False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata3 June records across all years
Collybiopsis ramealis2 June records across all years
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus2 June records across all years
Gymnopus subsulphureus2 June records across all years
European Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia platyphylla2 June records across all years- Lachnella pollinaria2 June records across all years
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 June records across all years- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July here:
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus6 July records across all years
Ganoderma lobatum4 July records across all years- Atheliachaete sanguinea3 July records across all years
- Sulphur Tuft Hypholoma fasciculare3 July records across all years
Collybiopsis dichroa3 July records across all years
Marasmius capillaris3 July records across all years
Marasmiellus tenerrimus2 July records across all years
Vampires Bane Mycetinis scorodonius2 July records across all years- Marasmius ciliatomarginatus2 July records across all years
Mycetinis opacus2 July records across all years- Cystolepiota fumosifolia2 July records across all years
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus2 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August here:
Conifercone Cap Baeospora myosura5 August records across all years
Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinum5 August records across all years- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus4 August records across all years
Zoned Tooth Hydnellum concrescens4 August records across all years- Hydnellum velutinum4 August records across all years
Blue Corky Spine Fungus Hydnellum caeruleum4 August records across all years
Velvet Rollrim Tapinella atrotomentosa3 August records across all years
Ramaria gracilis3 August records across all years
Hydnellum geogenium3 August records across all years
Bothia castanella3 August records across all years- Hydnellum earlianum2 August records across all years
- Gymnopus exsculptus2 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September here:
Deceiver Laccaria laccata7 September records across all years
Laccaria glabripes2 September records across all years- Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinum2 September records across all years
Jellied False Coral Sebacina schweinitzii2 September records across all years
Too few past records in October here to list species.
Usually recorded in November here:
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum3 November records across all years
Marshmallow Polypore Irpiciporus pachyodon2 November records across all years- Perenniporia unita2 November records across all years
Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum2 November records across all years- Meganotus everhartii2 November records across all years
Pine Bracket Porodaedalea pini2 November records across all years
Robust Bracket Fomitiporia robusta2 November records across all years
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus2 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December here:
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 December records since 2011
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | |
| 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | 10 | |
| 4 | 9 | |
| 5 | 9 | |
| 6 | 8 | |
| 7 | 6 | |
| 8 | 6 | |
| 9 | 6 | |
| 10 | 5 | |
| 11 | 5 | |
| 12 | 5 | |
| 13 | 5 | |
| 14 | 5 | |
| 15 | 5 |
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, Jul, Jun.
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.
- 1
Aug 20, 2026Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyinear Clayton, GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 2Aug 15, 2026Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatumin Black Rock Mountain State Park, GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3Aug 15, 2026Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinumin Black Rock Mountain State Park, GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4
Jul 28, 2026Coltricia montagneiin Rabun County Recreation Park, GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 5
Jul 28, 2026Shaggy-Stalked Bolete Aureoboletus betulanear Tiger, GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 6
Jul 28, 2026Gerronema strombodesnear Tiger, GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 7Jul 28, 2026False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvatain Rabun County Recreation Park, GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8Jul 22, 2026Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinumin Chattahoochee National Forest, GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9
Jul 1, 2026Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioidesin Chattahoochee National Forest, GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 10
Jul 1, 2026Yellow Patches Amanita flavoconiain Chattahoochee National Forest, GA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
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How we built this page
690 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 606 CC0 and 84 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.