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Mushrooms in Maine
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
4,667mushroom records
13county pages
Augbusiest month
4,667 records since 1855 (1,438 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.
Too few past records in January in this state to list species.
Too few past records in February in this state to list species.
Usually recorded in March in this state:
Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum5 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April in this state:
Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae15 April records since 2011
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina10 April records since 2011
Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius5 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
- Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae16 May records across all years
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus8 May records across all years
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 May records across all years
Peniophora cinerea5 May records across all years
Black Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa5 May records across all years
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina5 May records across all years- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina5 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae23 June records across all years
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae16 June records across all years
Earpick Fungus Auriscalpium vulgare11 June records across all years- Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius10 June records across all years
Red Belted Conk Fomitopsis pinicola8 June records across all years- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus8 June records across all years
Pine Bracket Porodaedalea pini6 June records across all years- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina6 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae24 July records since 2011
Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei17 July records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria16 July records since 2011
Chrome-Footed Bolete Harrya chromipes15 July records since 2011
Yellow Patches Amanita flavoconia12 July records since 2011
American Caesar's Mushroom Amanita jacksonii11 July records since 2011- Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae8 July records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina8 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei25 August records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens16 August records since 2011- Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae14 August records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina11 August records since 2011
- Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius10 August records since 2011
Salmon-Colored Entoloma Entoloma quadratum9 August records since 2011- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria9 August records since 2011
Velvet Rollrim Tapinella atrotomentosa9 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina21 September records since 2011
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria16 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor13 September records since 2011
- Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei11 September records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus11 September records since 2011- Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae10 September records since 2011
Northern Tooth Climacodon septentrionalis9 September records since 2011
Frost's Amanita Amanita frostiana8 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina21 October records since 2011
- Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae12 October records since 2011
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina11 October records since 2011
Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus ravenelii10 October records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa8 October records since 2011
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus7 October records since 2011- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria6 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
Snow-White Crust Plicatura nivea8 November records across all years
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune6 November records across all years
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus6 November records across all years- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina5 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina7 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: Aug, Sep, Jul.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (3) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Hancock County | 941 |
| Penobscot County | 901 |
| Piscataquis County | 559 |
| York County | 343 |
| Oxford County | 340 |
| Cumberland County | 330 |
| Aroostook County | 238 |
| Washington County | 191 |
| Somerset County | 144 |
| Franklin County | 130 |
| Lincoln County | 127 |
| Knox County | 109 |
| Kennebec County | 109 |
| Androscoggin County | 95 |
| Waldo County | 72 |
| Sagadahoc County | 38 |
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