Mushrooms in Rooks County, Kansas
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
780mushroom records
167species recorded
Julbusiest month
780 records since 1808 (0 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 here:
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes9 January records across all years- Daedaleopsis tricolor4 January records across all years
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus3 January records across all years
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa3 January records across all years- Botryobasidium pulveraceum2 January records across all years
Usually recorded in February here:
Mossy Maze Polypore Cerrena unicolor13 February records across all years
Rosy Crust Peniophora incarnata4 February records across all years
Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum3 February records across all years
Perenniporia fraxinophila3 February records across all years- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus2 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March here:
- Perenniporia fraxinophila14 March records across all years
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor11 March records across all years- Corticium argentatum2 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April here:
Horse Mushroom Agaricus arvensis10 April records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor4 April records across all years
- Botryobasidium pulveraceum2 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May here:
Glistening Ink-Cap Coprinellus micaceus19 May records across all years- Hebeloma colvinii14 May records across all years
Psathyrella incerta10 May records across all years- Cortinarius rimosus6 May records across all years
Spring Polypore Lentinus arcularius3 May records across all years- Horse Mushroom Agaricus arvensis3 May records across all years
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus2 May records across all years- Coprinus ebulbosus2 May records across all years
Egghead Mottlegill Panaeolus semiovatus2 May records across all years- Agrocybe vermiflua2 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June here:
Gymnopus subsulphureus14 June records across all years
Elder Whitewash Lyomyces sambuci10 June records across all years
Spring Fieldcap Agrocybe praecox10 June records across all years
Field Mushroom Agaricus campestris3 June records across all years- Spring Polypore Lentinus arcularius2 June records across all years
- Chlorophyllum morganii2 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July here:
- Picipes rhizophilus20 July records across all years
- Psathyrella gracillima16 July records across all years
Giant Puffball Calvatia gigantea13 July records across all years
Common Fieldcap Agrocybe pediades13 July records across all years
Phylloporia ribis8 July records across all years
Panaeolus antillarum8 July records across all years- Coprinus semilanatus8 July records across all years
- Naucoria latissima7 July records across all years
- Crinipellis tomentosa5 July records across all years
Ivory Funnel Clitocybe dealbata5 July records across all years- Psathyrella incerta5 July records across all years
- Psathyrella debilis4 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August here:
- Panus neostrigosus11 August records across all years
Giraffe Spots Peniophora albobadia11 August records across all years
Winter Stalk Puffball Tulostoma brumale10 August records across all years
Lycoperdon pulcherrimum8 August records across all years- Lycoperdon wrightii4 August records across all years
- Vitreoporus dichrous3 August records across all years
Purple-Spored Puffball Calvatia cyathiformis3 August records across all years
Corkstar Puffball Mycenastrum corium2 August records across all years- Geastrum smardae2 August records across all years
Pale Brittlestem Candolleomyces candolleanus2 August records across all years- Garland Roundhead Stropharia coranilla2 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September here:
Smoky Bracket Bjerkandera adusta12 September records across all years- Garland Roundhead Stropharia coranilla8 September records across all years
- Purple-Spored Puffball Calvatia cyathiformis5 September records across all years
- Clitocybe catinus4 September records across all years
- Amanita prairiicola3 September records across all years
Curtis's Puffball Lycoperdon curtisii3 September records across all years- Picipes rhizophilus2 September records across all years
Alcohol Inky Cap Coprinopsis atramentaria2 September records across all years- Geastrum limbatum2 September records across all years
Timber Mazegill Gloeophyllum trabeum2 September records across all years- Acladium curtisii2 September records across all years
Usually recorded in October here:
Fleecy Milkcap Lactifluus vellereus11 October records across all years
Clitocybe candicans7 October records across all years- Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes5 October records across all years
Puffball Parasol Chlorophyllum agaricoides3 October records across all years- Poronidulus conchifer2 October records across all years
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 October records across all years
Usually recorded in November here:
- 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
Big Smoky Bracket Bjerkandera fumosa3 November records across all years
Poplar Bracket Oxyporus populinus2 November records across all years- Hyphodontia granulosa2 November records across all years
- Alysidium aureofulvum2 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December here:
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus5 December records across all years- Mossy Maze Polypore Cerrena unicolor4 December records across all years
Stringy Butt Rot Poriella subacida2 December records across all years- Smoky Bracket Bjerkandera adusta2 December records across all years
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus2 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.
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | |
| 2 | 21 | |
| 3 | 21 | |
| 4 | 20 | |
| 5 | 19 | |
| 6 | 17 | |
| 7 | Psathyrella gracillima | 16 |
| 8 | 16 | |
| 9 | 15 | |
| 10 | 14 | |
| 11 | 14 | |
| 12 | 14 | |
| 13 | 14 | |
| 14 | 14 | |
| 15 | Hebeloma colvinii | 14 |
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: Jul, Aug, 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 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.
- 11995-03Perenniporia fraxinophilanear Stockton, KS (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (CUP) · original record
- 21985-07Pale Brittlestem Candolleomyces candolleanusnear Stockton, KS (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (NY) · original record
- 3Sep 29, 1927Geastrum limbatumnear Stockton, KS (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (NCU) · original record
- 4
Sep 1, 1927Potato Earthball Scleroderma bovistanear Stockton, KS (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (NCU) · original record - 51927-09Geastrum limbatumnear Stockton, KS (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (BPI) · original record
- 6
Aug 18, 1927Peeling Puffball Lycoperdon marginatumnear Stockton, KS (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (NCU) · original record - 7Aug 18, 1927Lycoperdon rimulatumnear Stockton, KS (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (NCU) · original record
- 8Aug 8, 1927Geastrum limbatumnear Stockton, KS (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (NCU) · original record
- 9
Jun 7, 1924Netted Crust Byssomerulius coriumnear Stockton, KS (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (BPI) · original record
Many sightings are on private land. Always get the landowner's permission, and follow the rules of parks and forests, which often limit or ban collecting.
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How we built this page
780 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 736 CC0 and 44 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.