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Mushrooms in Hawaii
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
3,354mushroom records
4county pages
Janbusiest month
3,354 records since 1895 (1,865 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:
Orange Ping-Pong Bat Favolaschia claudopus10 January records since 2011
Fairies' Bonnets Coprinellus disseminatus9 January records since 2011
Earliella scabrosa7 January records since 2011
Dark-Footed Tinypore Microporus affinis6 January records since 2011
False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites5 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Earliella scabrosa12 February records across all years
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva7 February records across all years
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune6 February records across all years
Spring Polypore Lentinus arcularius5 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Earliella scabrosa9 March records across all years
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva8 March records across all years
Split Porecrust Schizopora paradoxa7 March records across all years
Anemone Stinkhorn Aseroe rubra7 March records across all years- Spring Polypore Lentinus arcularius5 March records across all years
Ear Fungus Auricularia cornea5 March records across all years
Black-Eared Fungus Auricularia nigricans5 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April in this state:
- Spring Polypore Lentinus arcularius9 April records across all years
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva8 April records across all years
- Earliella scabrosa5 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May in this state:
- Earliella scabrosa10 May records across all years
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva6 May records across all years
- Fairies' Bonnets Coprinellus disseminatus6 May records across all years
Auricularia fuscosuccinea5 May records across all years- False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites5 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva9 June records across all years
- Earliella scabrosa9 June records across all years
- Fuscoporia senex7 June records across all years
Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae6 June records across all years- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 June records across all years
- Hygrocybe noelokelani5 June records across all years
- Dark-Footed Tinypore Microporus affinis5 June records across all years
- Spring Polypore Lentinus arcularius5 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva14 July records across all years
- Earliella scabrosa12 July records across all years
Ticker Inkcap Narcissea cordispora10 July records across all years
Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta8 July records across all years- Coprinopsis urticicola6 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva5 August records across all years
- Fairies' Bonnets Coprinellus disseminatus5 August records across all years
- Dark-Footed Tinypore Microporus affinis5 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Hygrocybe noelokelani5 September records across all years
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva8 October records since 2011
Yellow-Stemmed Micropore Microporus xanthopus6 October records since 2011- Resinicium luteosulphureum5 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites8 November records since 2011
- Orange Ping-Pong Bat Favolaschia claudopus7 November records since 2011
- Fairies' Bonnets Coprinellus disseminatus6 November records since 2011
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva5 November records since 2011
- Earliella scabrosa5 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Anemone Stinkhorn Aseroe rubra12 December records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria7 December records since 2011- Dark-Footed Tinypore Microporus affinis6 December records since 2011
- Fairies' Bonnets Coprinellus disseminatus5 December records since 2011
- False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites5 December records since 2011
⚠ 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.
Often-recorded species
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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: Jan, Dec, Jul.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (0) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Honolulu County | 2,193 |
| Hawaii County | 785 |
| Kauai County | 196 |
| Maui County | 180 |
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