Mushrooms in Johnson County, Indiana
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 versicolor2 January records across all years- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus2 January records across all years
- Antrodia albida2 January records across all years
Too few past records in February here to list species.
Usually recorded in March here:
Black Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa2 March records since 2011
Too few past records in April here to list species.
Too few past records in May here to list species.
Usually recorded in June here:
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July here:
Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigo2 July records since 2011
Enveloping Crust Sebacina incrustans2 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
- Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigo3 August records across all years
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa3 August records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 August records across all years
Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum2 August records across all years
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana2 August records across all years
Pale Oyster Pleurotus pulmonarius2 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 September records across all years
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus2 September records across all years- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana2 September records across all years
Usually recorded in October here:
Walnut Mycena Mycena crocea4 October records since 2011
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva2 October records since 2011
Cyanosporus livens2 October records since 2011
Iodine Bonnet Mycena filopes2 October records since 2011
Giant Puffball Calvatia gigantea2 October records since 2011- Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum2 October records since 2011
- Poronidulus conchifer2 October records since 2011
Phellinus robiniae2 October records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 October records since 2011
Too few past records in November here to list species.
Usually recorded in December here:
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva2 December records across all years
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus2 December records across all years
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 December records across all years
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | |
| 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | 5 | |
| 4 | 5 | |
| 5 | 4 | |
| 6 | 4 | |
| 7 | 4 | |
| 8 | 4 | |
| 9 | 4 | |
| 10 | 4 | |
| 11 | 3 | |
| 12 | 3 | |
| 13 | 3 | |
| 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: Oct, Aug, Jan.
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 9 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.
- 1Aug 19, 2026Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigonear Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, IN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 2Jul 15, 2026Enveloping Crust Sebacina incrustansnear Prince's Lakes, IN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3Oct 3, 2025Giant Puffball Calvatia giganteanear Prince's Lakes, IN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4
Aug 15, 2025Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosusnear Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, IN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 5
Jun 17, 2025Protohydnum albumnear Prince's Lakes, IN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 6
Jun 4, 2025Devil's Dipstick Mutinus elegansnear Prince's Lakes, IN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 7
Sep 25, 2024Crystal Brain Fungus Myxarium nucleatumnear Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, IN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 8
Oct 30, 2023Hard's Stropharia Stropharia hardiinear Nineveh, IN (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 9
Oct 6, 2023Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriformenear Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, IN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
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How we built this page
127 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 88 CC0 and 39 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.