Home › Maryland
Mushrooms in Maryland
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
13,173mushroom records
13county pages
Octbusiest month
13,173 records since 1873 (5,443 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:
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor34 January records since 2011
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa17 January records since 2011
Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii11 January records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum8 January records since 2011
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus8 January records since 2011
Byssomerulius incarnatus8 January records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus6 January records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune6 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor14 February records since 2011
Smith's Earthstar Astraeus smithii13 February records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum11 February records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa7 February records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus6 February records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus6 February records since 2011- Poronidulus conchifer5 February records since 2011
- Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii5 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor37 March records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa13 March records since 2011
- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus12 March records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis9 March records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus9 March records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune7 March records since 2011
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum6 March records since 2011
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina6 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April in this state:
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus62 April records since 2011
Cultivated Mushroom Agaricus bisporus37 April records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor30 April records since 2011
Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus20 April records since 2011- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus19 April records since 2011
Wine Roundhead Stropharia rugosoannulata17 April records since 2011
Diamond Polypore Neofavolus alveolaris11 April records since 2011
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus10 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus46 May records since 2011
- Wine Roundhead Stropharia rugosoannulata23 May records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus18 May records since 2011
Weeping Widow Lacrymaria lacrymabunda14 May records since 2011- Panus neostrigosus12 May records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis12 May records since 2011
Protohydnum album12 May records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus11 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Protohydnum album34 June records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus27 June records since 2011
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei17 June records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus16 June records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune12 June records since 2011
Eastern American Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia rodmanii11 June records since 2011
False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata9 June records since 2011- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus9 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei42 July records since 2011
- False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata30 July records since 2011
- Protohydnum album24 July records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus22 July records since 2011
White Chicken Mushroom Berkcurtia persicina18 July records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus16 July records since 2011
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi14 July records since 2011
Violet Gray Bolete Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus11 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus32 August records since 2011
Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom Sparassis spathulata31 August records since 2011- Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei30 August records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor26 August records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens21 August records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus21 August records since 2011
- False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata19 August records since 2011
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa19 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa46 September records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus44 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor43 September records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa24 September records since 2011
- Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens22 September records since 2011
Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus19 September records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus18 September records since 2011
- Byssomerulius incarnatus15 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa58 October records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus50 October records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme47 October records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor40 October records since 2011
- Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens31 October records since 2011
Bearded Tooth Hericium erinaceus29 October records since 2011
Aborted Entoloma, Shrimp Of The Woods Entoloma abortivum23 October records since 2011- Byssomerulius incarnatus20 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor24 November records since 2011
- Bearded Tooth Hericium erinaceus22 November records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme22 November records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa17 November records since 2011
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa13 November records since 2011- Fuscoboletinus weaverae9 November records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus9 November records since 2011
Ganoderma resinaceum8 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor39 December records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune13 December records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa12 December records since 2011
- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus11 December records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus9 December records since 2011
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus8 December records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis7 December records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme6 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.
Often-recorded species
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | |
| 13 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 |
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, Aug.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (11) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Montgomery County | 4,464 |
| Prince George's County | 3,059 |
| Anne Arundel County | 1,684 |
| Frederick County | 1,006 |
| Baltimore County | 598 |
| Howard County | 472 |
| Calvert County | 272 |
| Charles County | 258 |
| Baltimore city | 201 |
| Garrett County | 197 |
| Washington County | 195 |
| Harford County | 130 |
| Allegany County | 112 |
| St. Mary's County | 92 |
| Worcester County | 86 |
| Cecil County | 83 |
| Wicomico County | 61 |
| Caroline County | 57 |
| Carroll County | 51 |
| Dorchester County | 44 |
| Talbot County | 19 |
| Somerset County | 16 |
| Queen Anne's County | 12 |
| Kent County | 4 |
Bring along
🍄
Regional mushroom field guideSee on Amazon🍄
Folding mushroom knife with brushSee on Amazon🍄
Wicker foraging basketSee on Amazon🍄
10x hand lens / loupeSee on Amazon🍄
Spore print paperSee on AmazonAs an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.