Mushrooms in Baltimore County, Maryland
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
598mushroom records
212species recorded
Sepbusiest month
598 records since 1884 (448 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:
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 January records since 2011- Globifomes graveolens3 January records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme2 January records since 2011
Ochre Spreading Tooth Steccherinum ochraceum2 January records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 January records since 2011
Dentocorticium portoricense2 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February here:
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme3 February records across all years
Pleurotus cornucopiae2 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor4 March records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus3 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April here:
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus7 April records since 2011
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus2 April records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus2 April records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 April records since 2011
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa2 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May here:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus10 May records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus3 May records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus2 May records since 2011
Weeping Widow Lacrymaria lacrymabunda2 May records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus2 May records since 2011
Elegant Polypore Cerioporus varius2 May records since 2011
Brown Hay Cap Panaeolina foenisecii2 May records since 2011
Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus2 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June here:
Protohydnum album10 June records since 2011- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus7 June records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus2 June records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 June records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July here:
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei5 July records since 2011- Protohydnum album5 July records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus3 July records since 2011
False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata3 July records since 2011
Fairies' Bonnets Coprinellus disseminatus3 July records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus12 August records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 August records since 2011
Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom Sparassis spathulata4 August records since 2011- Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei3 August records since 2011
Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii2 August records since 2011
Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinum2 August records since 2011
Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum2 August records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus2 August records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus2 August records since 2011
Byssomerulius incarnatus2 August records since 2011
Plantpot Dapperling Leucocoprinus birnbaumii2 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor11 September records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus6 September records since 2011
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana5 September records since 2011- Byssomerulius incarnatus5 September records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus4 September records since 2011- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus4 September records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa3 September records since 2011
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa3 September records since 2011
Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus3 September records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum3 September records since 2011
- Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom Sparassis spathulata3 September records since 2011
Pulveroboletus curtisii2 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus9 October records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa6 October records since 2011
Aborted Entoloma, Shrimp Of The Woods Entoloma abortivum5 October records since 2011
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum3 October records since 2011
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus3 October records since 2011- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme2 October records since 2011
Yellow Gymnopilus Gymnopilus luteus2 October records since 2011
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus2 October records since 2011- Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum2 October records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 October records since 2011
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa2 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November here:
- Meganotus everhartii2 November records across all years
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa2 November records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 November records across all years
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor10 December records since 2011
- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus3 December records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 December records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa2 December records since 2011
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes2 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.
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | |
| 2 | 35 | |
| 3 | 31 | |
| 4 | 18 | |
| 5 | 14 | |
| 6 | 11 | |
| 7 | 11 | |
| 8 | 11 | |
| 9 | 10 | |
| 10 | 8 | |
| 11 | 8 | |
| 12 | 8 | |
| 13 | 7 | |
| 14 | 7 | |
| 15 | 7 |
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: Sep, Oct, Aug.
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 10 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.
- 1Sep 29, 2026Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureusnear Perry Hall, MD (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 2Sep 20, 2026Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureusnear Fallston, MD (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3Sep 20, 2026Aborted Entoloma, Shrimp Of The Woods Entoloma abortivumnear Kingsville, MD (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4Sep 20, 2026Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticusnear Fallston, MD (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 5Sep 20, 2026Byssomerulius incarnatusnear Fallston, MD (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6
Sep 20, 2026Eastern American Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia rodmaniinear Jarrettsville, MD (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 7Sep 20, 2026Byssomerulius incarnatusnear Perry Hall, MD (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8Sep 17, 2026Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureusnear Honeygo, MD (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9
Sep 12, 2026Dead Man's Hand Scleroderma polyrhizumnear Randallstown, MD (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 10Sep 12, 2026Orange Mycena Mycena leaiananear Cockeysville, MD (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · 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
598 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 261 CC0 and 337 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.