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Mushrooms in Kentucky
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
3,467mushroom records
9county pages
Octbusiest month
3,467 records since 1877 (1,422 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:
Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata10 January records since 2011
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus6 January records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor5 January records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum5 January records since 2011
Too few past records in February in this state to list species.
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor11 March records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata7 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April in this state:
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus24 April records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 April records across all years
Diamond Polypore Neofavolus alveolaris6 April records across all years
Black Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa5 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May in this state:
Devil's Dipstick Mutinus elegans12 May records since 2011
Protohydnum album12 May records since 2011- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus10 May records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune7 May records since 2011
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana7 May records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus7 May records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 May records since 2011
Marchandiomyces corallinus5 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Protohydnum album17 June records across all years
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune8 June records across all years
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis6 June records across all years
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus6 June records across all years
Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioides5 June records across all years
Jellied False Coral Sebacina schweinitzii5 June records across all years
False Turkey-Tail Stereum ostrea5 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July in this state:
False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata9 July records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus7 July records since 2011
Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipes7 July records since 2011
Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigo7 July records since 2011- Protohydnum album6 July records since 2011
- Devil's Dipstick Mutinus elegans5 July records since 2011
Oak Bracket Pseudoinonotus dryadeus5 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinum11 August records since 2011
Shaggy-Stalked Bolete Aureoboletus betula8 August records since 2011- Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigo7 August records since 2011
- False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata7 August records since 2011
False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites7 August records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus6 August records since 2011
- Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipes6 August records since 2011
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi5 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus16 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor11 September records since 2011
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa10 September records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens7 September records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum6 September records since 2011
- Oak Bracket Pseudoinonotus dryadeus5 September records since 2011
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus5 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor18 October records since 2011
- Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens14 October records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme13 October records since 2011- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus10 October records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis9 October records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum8 October records since 2011
Giant Puffball Calvatia gigantea8 October records since 2011
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum7 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme11 November records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata7 November records since 2011
- Giant Puffball Calvatia gigantea5 November records since 2011
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus5 November records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor5 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 December records since 2011
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes6 December records since 2011- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata5 December records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme5 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: Oct, Sep, Jul.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (88) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Grant County | 1,038 |
| Fayette County | 298 |
| Madison County | 271 |
| Marshall County | 221 |
| Jefferson County | 191 |
| Edmonson County | 136 |
| Powell County | 120 |
| Campbell County | 107 |
| Bell County | 100 |
| Kenton County | 76 |
| Boone County | 70 |
| Wolfe County | 68 |
| Jackson County | 68 |
| Whitley County | 66 |
| Harlan County | 53 |
| Warren County | 51 |
| Bullitt County | 40 |
| McCreary County | 38 |
| Trigg County | 37 |
| Pike County | 31 |
| Laurel County | 29 |
| Rockcastle County | 22 |
| Menifee County | 17 |
| Carter County | 17 |
| Greenup County | 16 |
| Perry County | 16 |
| Jessamine County | 13 |
| Larue County | 12 |
| Nelson County | 12 |
| Rowan County | 12 |
| Pulaski County | 11 |
| Letcher County | 11 |
| Trimble County | 10 |
| Boyd County | 10 |
| Lee County | 9 |
| Nicholas County | 9 |
| Washington County | 8 |
| Logan County | 7 |
| Boyle County | 7 |
| Hardin County | 7 |
| Anderson County | 6 |
| Hopkins County | 6 |
| Garrard County | 6 |
| Mercer County | 5 |
| Shelby County | 5 |
| Bath County | 5 |
| Lyon County | 4 |
| Russell County | 4 |
| Scott County | 4 |
| Owen County | 4 |
| Robertson County | 4 |
| Carroll County | 4 |
| Floyd County | 3 |
| Livingston County | 3 |
| Ballard County | 3 |
| Oldham County | 3 |
| Woodford County | 3 |
| Breckinridge County | 3 |
| Henderson County | 3 |
| Franklin County | 3 |
| Clay County | 2 |
| Knox County | 2 |
| Adair County | 2 |
| Mason County | 2 |
| Wayne County | 2 |
| Morgan County | 2 |
| Elliott County | 2 |
| Fulton County | 2 |
| Barren County | 2 |
| McCracken County | 2 |
| Butler County | 2 |
| Metcalfe County | 2 |
| Estill County | 2 |
| Henry County | 2 |
| Christian County | 1 |
| Hickman County | 1 |
| Calloway County | 1 |
| Daviess County | 1 |
| Lewis County | 1 |
| Marion County | 1 |
| Caldwell County | 1 |
| Gallatin County | 1 |
| Grayson County | 1 |
| Ohio County | 1 |
| McLean County | 1 |
| Spencer County | 1 |
| Green County | 1 |
| Carlisle County | 1 |
| Knott County | 1 |
| Breathitt County | 1 |
| Taylor County | 1 |
| Montgomery County | 1 |
| Lawrence County | 1 |
| Leslie County | 1 |
| Hart County | 1 |
| Clinton County | 1 |
| Bourbon County | 1 |
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