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Mushrooms in Kansas
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
4,518mushroom records
6county pages
Sepbusiest month
4,518 records since 1808 (1,093 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:
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes12 January records across all years
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus6 January records across all years
Usually recorded in February in this state:
Mossy Maze Polypore Cerrena unicolor14 February records across all years- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus5 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March in this state:
Perenniporia fraxinophila15 March records across all years
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor11 March records across all years
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April in this state:
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus48 April records since 2011
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva25 April records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune21 April records since 2011
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa20 April records since 2011- Mossy Maze Polypore Cerrena unicolor19 April records since 2011
False Turkey-Tail Stereum ostrea17 April records since 2011
Dendrothele nivosa8 April records since 2011
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus6 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
Glistening Ink-Cap Coprinellus micaceus30 May records across all years
Spring Polypore Lentinus arcularius22 May records across all years- Hebeloma colvinii17 May records across all years
Peniophora cinerea15 May records across all years
Psathyrella incerta10 May records across all years
Pale Brittlestem Candolleomyces candolleanus8 May records across all years- Cortinarius rimosus6 May records across all years
Brownflesh Bracket Coriolopsis gallica6 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June in this state:
Brown Patch Disease Rhizoctonia solani15 June records across all years
Gymnopus subsulphureus14 June records across all years
Spring Fieldcap Agrocybe praecox14 June records across all years
Elder Whitewash Lyomyces sambuci10 June records across all years
Fairies' Bonnets Coprinellus disseminatus7 June records across all years- Spring Polypore Lentinus arcularius7 June records across all years
False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites6 June records across all years
Poplar-Loving Ringless Amanita Amanita populiphila5 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Picipes rhizophilus23 July records across all years
- Psathyrella gracillima16 July records across all years
Common Fieldcap Agrocybe pediades16 July records across all years
Giant Puffball Calvatia gigantea13 July records across all years- False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites9 July records across all years
- Crinipellis tomentosa8 July records across all years
- Naucoria latissima8 July records across all years
Phylloporia ribis8 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Panus neostrigosus12 August records across all years
Giraffe Spots Peniophora albobadia12 August records across all years
Winter Stalk Puffball Tulostoma brumale12 August records across all years- False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites10 August records across all years
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum9 August records across all years- Lycoperdon wrightii6 August records across all years
- Amanita thiersii6 August records across all years
- Vitreoporus dichrous5 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September in this state:
Hairy-Stalked Collybia Gymnopus spongiosus39 September records since 2011
Earliella scabrosa23 September records since 2011- False Turkey-Tail Stereum ostrea21 September records since 2011
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus20 September records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune13 September records since 2011
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva12 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor9 September records since 2011
Orange Pinwheel Marasmius siccus8 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Brown Patch Disease Rhizoctonia solani56 October records across all years
Fleecy Milkcap Lactifluus vellereus11 October records across all years- Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes9 October records across all years
Clitocybe candicans7 October records across all years
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus5 October records across all years
Field Mushroom Agaricus campestris5 October records across all years
Puffball Parasol Chlorophyllum agaricoides5 October records across all years
Ganoderma resinaceum5 October records across all years
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Brown Patch Disease Rhizoctonia solani29 November records across all years
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus13 November records across all years
- Botryobasidium pulveraceum7 November records across all years
- Brunneoporus juniperinus5 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December in this state:
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus6 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.
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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: Sep, Jul, Apr.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (66) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Wabaunsee County | 1,274 |
| Riley County | 1,041 |
| Rooks County | 780 |
| Douglas County | 309 |
| Shawnee County | 188 |
| Pottawatomie County | 118 |
| Reno County | 86 |
| Barber County | 81 |
| Franklin County | 79 |
| Leavenworth County | 70 |
| Rice County | 53 |
| Johnson County | 43 |
| Miami County | 40 |
| Cherokee County | 29 |
| Lyon County | 27 |
| Montgomery County | 26 |
| Atchison County | 23 |
| Crawford County | 20 |
| Ellis County | 18 |
| Geary County | 12 |
| Sedgwick County | 12 |
| Osborne County | 11 |
| Wyandotte County | 11 |
| Bourbon County | 9 |
| Woodson County | 9 |
| Jefferson County | 8 |
| Barton County | 8 |
| Norton County | 8 |
| Phillips County | 7 |
| Russell County | 6 |
| Ford County | 6 |
| Chautauqua County | 6 |
| Cowley County | 6 |
| Nemaha County | 6 |
| Dickinson County | 5 |
| McPherson County | 5 |
| Linn County | 5 |
| Labette County | 5 |
| Sherman County | 4 |
| Saline County | 4 |
| Cloud County | 4 |
| Anderson County | 4 |
| Allen County | 3 |
| Harvey County | 3 |
| Marshall County | 3 |
| Coffey County | 3 |
| Osage County | 3 |
| Comanche County | 3 |
| Scott County | 3 |
| Chase County | 2 |
| Neosho County | 2 |
| Stanton County | 2 |
| Morton County | 2 |
| Hamilton County | 2 |
| Doniphan County | 2 |
| Cheyenne County | 2 |
| Sumner County | 2 |
| Wichita County | 1 |
| Finney County | 1 |
| Ottawa County | 1 |
| Gove County | 1 |
| Harper County | 1 |
| Marion County | 1 |
| Jewell County | 1 |
| Morris County | 1 |
| Lincoln County | 1 |
| Wilson County | 1 |
| Ellsworth County | 1 |
| Stevens County | 1 |
| Brown County | 1 |
| Jackson County | 1 |
| Logan County | 1 |
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