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Mushrooms in Indiana
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
12,291mushroom records
23county pages
Augbusiest month
12,291 records since 1877 (7,206 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:
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor20 January records across all years
Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata10 January records across all years
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus7 January records across all years
Mock Oyster Mushroom Phyllotopsis nidulans7 January records across all years
Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta5 January records across all years
Timber Mazegill Gloeophyllum trabeum5 January records across all years
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 February records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor19 March records across all years
Auricularia angiospermarum9 March records across all years- Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta8 March records across all years
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina6 March records across all years
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus5 March records across all years
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa5 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April in this state:
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus37 April records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor12 April records since 2011
Diamond Polypore Neofavolus alveolaris11 April records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune7 April records since 2011
Entoloma vernum7 April records since 2011- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata6 April records since 2011
Glistening Ink-Cap Coprinellus micaceus5 April records since 2011- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa5 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus29 May records since 2011
Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea23 May records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus22 May records since 2011
Eastern American Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia rodmanii18 May records since 2011
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana18 May records since 2011
Protohydnum album17 May records since 2011
Gymnopus semihirtipes13 May records since 2011
Mycena subcaerulea13 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Protohydnum album34 June records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus23 June records since 2011
Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioides21 June records since 2011
Cantharellus flavolateritius20 June records since 2011- Eastern American Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia rodmanii16 June records since 2011
Old Potato Amanita Amanita solaniolens16 June records since 2011
Feltscale Inky Cap Coprinopsis variegata14 June records since 2011
Yellow Patches Amanita flavoconia11 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei36 July records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus25 July records since 2011
Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigo22 July records since 2011- Cantharellus flavolateritius22 July records since 2011
Fungi Neoporphyrellus alboater17 July records since 2011
Pale Oyster Pleurotus pulmonarius16 July records since 2011- Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioides15 July records since 2011
- Protohydnum album15 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana35 August records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus35 August records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor34 August records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus31 August records since 2011
- Pale Oyster Pleurotus pulmonarius29 August records since 2011
Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom Sparassis spathulata29 August records since 2011- Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigo28 August records since 2011
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa23 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus39 September records since 2011
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa26 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor25 September records since 2011
- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana21 September records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens11 September records since 2011- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus11 September records since 2011
Aborted Entoloma, Shrimp Of The Woods Entoloma abortivum9 September records since 2011- Leucocoprinus rubrotinctus8 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor52 October records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme45 October records since 2011
Walnut Mycena Mycena crocea35 October records since 2011
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum30 October records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa29 October records since 2011- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana26 October records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus25 October records since 2011
Iodine Bonnet Mycena filopes25 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor16 November records since 2011
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes12 November records since 2011- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme8 November records since 2011
- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus8 November records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata7 November records since 2011
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus7 November records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria6 November records since 2011- Mock Oyster Mushroom Phyllotopsis nidulans6 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes18 December records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata12 December records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor11 December records since 2011
Hairy Long Stem Marasmius Rhizomarasmius pyrrhocephalus10 December records since 2011- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme8 December records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus8 December records since 2011- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus7 December records since 2011
Brick Cap Hypholoma lateritium5 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.
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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: Aug, Oct, Sep.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (64) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Brown County | 3,242 |
| Porter County | 2,186 |
| Orange County | 713 |
| Monroe County | 561 |
| Scott County | 480 |
| Putnam County | 444 |
| Marion County | 426 |
| Lake County | 328 |
| Tippecanoe County | 321 |
| Montgomery County | 273 |
| Jefferson County | 256 |
| Parke County | 199 |
| Fountain County | 195 |
| Marshall County | 170 |
| St. Joseph County | 163 |
| Madison County | 132 |
| LaPorte County | 130 |
| Vigo County | 130 |
| Johnson County | 127 |
| Owen County | 123 |
| Ripley County | 123 |
| Morgan County | 114 |
| Steuben County | 107 |
| Hamilton County | 85 |
| Crawford County | 83 |
| Posey County | 81 |
| Franklin County | 74 |
| Bartholomew County | 64 |
| Union County | 57 |
| Huntington County | 51 |
| Clark County | 46 |
| Spencer County | 45 |
| Jackson County | 42 |
| Allen County | 38 |
| Hendricks County | 36 |
| Lawrence County | 34 |
| Wayne County | 33 |
| Wabash County | 32 |
| Clay County | 31 |
| Tipton County | 28 |
| Decatur County | 28 |
| Washington County | 26 |
| Elkhart County | 26 |
| Warren County | 26 |
| Boone County | 26 |
| Knox County | 25 |
| Vermillion County | 21 |
| Noble County | 21 |
| Miami County | 21 |
| Dearborn County | 18 |
| Shelby County | 18 |
| Starke County | 17 |
| Vanderburgh County | 16 |
| Grant County | 14 |
| Floyd County | 14 |
| Perry County | 12 |
| Henry County | 12 |
| Carroll County | 11 |
| Wells County | 11 |
| Greene County | 10 |
| Gibson County | 10 |
| Newton County | 9 |
| Pulaski County | 9 |
| Martin County | 8 |
| Daviess County | 7 |
| Jay County | 6 |
| Sullivan County | 6 |
| Kosciusko County | 6 |
| Jasper County | 6 |
| Hancock County | 6 |
| Delaware County | 4 |
| Jennings County | 4 |
| Switzerland County | 4 |
| Randolph County | 3 |
| White County | 3 |
| Howard County | 3 |
| Harrison County | 3 |
| Dubois County | 3 |
| Fulton County | 2 |
| Adams County | 2 |
| Fayette County | 2 |
| Cass County | 2 |
| DeKalb County | 2 |
| Clinton County | 2 |
| Whitley County | 1 |
| Warrick County | 1 |
| LaGrange County | 1 |
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