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Mushrooms in Louisiana
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
9,924mushroom records
14county pages
Julbusiest month
9,924 records since 1833 (4,122 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:
Column Stinkhorn Clathrus columnatus28 January records since 2011
Peach-Colored Fly Agaric Amanita persicina12 January records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune11 January records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 January records since 2011
Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus ravenelii6 January records since 2011
Devil's Dipstick Mutinus elegans6 January records since 2011
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus5 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Column Stinkhorn Clathrus columnatus18 February records across all years
Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta11 February records across all years
Black Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa10 February records across all years
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva10 February records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor10 February records across all years
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune9 February records across all years
Amber Jelly Exidia recisa8 February records across all years- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis8 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor21 March records across all years
- Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta21 March records across all years
False Turkey-Tail Stereum ostrea16 March records across all years- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva15 March records across all years
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis14 March records across all years
- Panus rudis12 March records across all years
Tropical Cinnabar Bracket, Orange Polypore Pycnoporus sanguineus10 March records across all years
Spring Polypore Lentinus arcularius10 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April in this state:
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune12 April records across all years
Black-Eared Fungus Auricularia nigricans10 April records across all years
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa9 April records across all years
Fringed Sawgill Lentinus crinitus9 April records across all years- Black Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa8 April records across all years
Anthracophyllum lateritium7 April records across all years
Auricularia fuscosuccinea6 April records across all years
Crystal Brain Fungus Myxarium nucleatum6 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May in this state:
Tropical White Polypore Favolus tenuiculus18 May records since 2011- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa16 May records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune10 May records since 2011
- Fringed Sawgill Lentinus crinitus10 May records since 2011
- Panus neostrigosus6 May records since 2011
False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites5 May records since 2011
Fragile Dapperling Leucocoprinus fragilissimus5 May records since 2011
Burnt-Orange Bolete Tylopilus balloui5 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa13 June records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune12 June records since 2011
- Fringed Sawgill Lentinus crinitus12 June records since 2011
- Tropical White Polypore Favolus tenuiculus9 June records since 2011
Hexagonia hydnoides7 June records since 2011- Burnt-Orange Bolete Tylopilus balloui6 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune10 July records since 2011
- Fragile Dapperling Leucocoprinus fragilissimus9 July records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor8 July records since 2011
- False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites8 July records since 2011
Nigroporus vinosus7 July records since 2011- Tropical White Polypore Favolus tenuiculus7 July records since 2011
- Burnt-Orange Bolete Tylopilus balloui6 July records since 2011
Golden Reishi Ganoderma curtisii5 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Fomitella supina28 August records across all years
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor23 August records across all years
- Rigidoporus lineatus20 August records across all years
Microporellus obovatus14 August records across all years
Bohemian Truffle Pisolithus arhizus13 August records across all years- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis11 August records across all years
- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva11 August records across all years
Smoky Bracket Bjerkandera adusta11 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor17 September records across all years
- Tropical White Polypore Favolus tenuiculus9 September records across all years
- Smoky Bracket Bjerkandera adusta7 September records across all years
- Bohemian Truffle Pisolithus arhizus7 September records across all years
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus7 September records across all years
Plantpot Dapperling Leucocoprinus birnbaumii6 September records across all years
Pale Brittlestem Candolleomyces candolleanus6 September records across all years
Onion-Stalk Parasol Leucocoprinus cepistipes6 September records across all years
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor30 October records across all years
- Smoky Bracket Bjerkandera adusta24 October records across all years
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa23 October records across all years
- False Turkey-Tail Stereum ostrea16 October records across all years
Phlebiopsis gigantea16 October records across all years- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune15 October records across all years
- Auricularia fuscosuccinea14 October records across all years
- Antrodia albida13 October records across all years
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Phlebiopsis flavidoalba17 November records across all years
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum15 November records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor13 November records across all years
Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea11 November records across all years- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa11 November records across all years
Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum9 November records across all years- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune9 November records across all years
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa6 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor17 December records since 2011
- Peach-Colored Fly Agaric Amanita persicina13 December records since 2011
- Column Stinkhorn Clathrus columnatus12 December records since 2011
- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus11 December records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme10 December records since 2011
Aborted Entoloma, Shrimp Of The Woods Entoloma abortivum9 December records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum7 December records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune7 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: Jul, Aug, Sep.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (48) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Calcasieu Parish | 2,779 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | 2,088 |
| Orleans Parish | 567 |
| St. Tammany Parish | 506 |
| St. Martin Parish | 373 |
| Livingston Parish | 366 |
| Evangeline Parish | 312 |
| West Feliciana Parish | 303 |
| Jefferson Parish | 300 |
| Iberville Parish | 212 |
| Washington Parish | 186 |
| St. Helena Parish | 149 |
| Lafayette Parish | 140 |
| Bossier Parish | 136 |
| Grant Parish | 97 |
| Vernon Parish | 94 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | 93 |
| East Feliciana Parish | 83 |
| Plaquemines Parish | 82 |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | 82 |
| Rapides Parish | 77 |
| Natchitoches Parish | 73 |
| Avoyelles Parish | 65 |
| Caddo Parish | 51 |
| St. Landry Parish | 51 |
| Winn Parish | 51 |
| St. Charles Parish | 49 |
| Iberia Parish | 44 |
| Allen Parish | 40 |
| Ascension Parish | 38 |
| Catahoula Parish | 38 |
| Ouachita Parish | 36 |
| Madison Parish | 34 |
| Concordia Parish | 31 |
| LaSalle Parish | 31 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | 27 |
| Sabine Parish | 27 |
| Beauregard Parish | 25 |
| Union Parish | 22 |
| Vermilion Parish | 20 |
| West Carroll Parish | 18 |
| Lincoln Parish | 16 |
| Acadia Parish | 16 |
| St. Bernard Parish | 15 |
| Assumption Parish | 12 |
| St. James Parish | 10 |
| Terrebonne Parish | 10 |
| Lafourche Parish | 9 |
| St. Mary Parish | 9 |
| Richland Parish | 5 |
| Webster Parish | 4 |
| Morehouse Parish | 4 |
| East Carroll Parish | 3 |
| Caldwell Parish | 3 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | 2 |
| Jackson Parish | 2 |
| Cameron Parish | 2 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | 2 |
| Tensas Parish | 1 |
| De Soto Parish | 1 |
| Red River Parish | 1 |
| Bienville Parish | 1 |
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