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Mushrooms in Massachusetts
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
12,755mushroom records
11county pages
Sepbusiest month
12,755 records since 1800 (4,133 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:
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina15 January records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor11 January records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum6 January records since 2011
Crimped Gill Plicaturopsis crispa5 January records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis5 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina9 February records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor8 February records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus8 February records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum7 February records since 2011
Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius6 February records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina29 March records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor19 March records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus12 March records since 2011
- Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius10 March records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune9 March records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis8 March records since 2011
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum8 March records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum7 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April in this state:
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina35 April records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor25 April records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum12 April records since 2011
Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatus10 April records since 2011- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum9 April records since 2011
- Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius8 April records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune8 April records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis7 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus37 May records since 2011- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina18 May records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor14 May records since 2011
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae11 May records since 2011
Wine Roundhead Stropharia rugosoannulata8 May records since 2011- Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatus7 May records since 2011
Diamond Polypore Neofavolus alveolaris5 May records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis5 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus17 June records since 2011
- Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae17 June records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus17 June records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus14 June records since 2011
Eastern American Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia rodmanii12 June records since 2011- Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius9 June records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina8 June records since 2011
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana7 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei21 July records since 2011
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi20 July records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus19 July records since 2011
Velvet Rollrim Tapinella atrotomentosa16 July records since 2011
Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei12 July records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus12 July records since 2011
Old Man Of The Woods Strobilomyces strobilaceus10 July records since 2011
Apple Bolete Exsudoporus frostii10 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus41 August records since 2011
- Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei31 August records since 2011
- Apple Bolete Exsudoporus frostii20 August records since 2011
- Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi18 August records since 2011
Spotted Cort Cortinarius iodes17 August records since 2011- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina16 August records since 2011
Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioides10 August records since 2011- Old Man Of The Woods Strobilomyces strobilaceus10 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria65 September records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus60 September records since 2011
- Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei48 September records since 2011
- Spotted Cort Cortinarius iodes32 September records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina31 September records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa29 September records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor22 September records since 2011
- Old Man Of The Woods Strobilomyces strobilaceus18 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa49 October records since 2011
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria42 October records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina30 October records since 2011
- Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei16 October records since 2011
- Spotted Cort Cortinarius iodes14 October records since 2011
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina13 October records since 2011
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus12 October records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus12 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
Slippery Jack Suillus luteus20 November records since 2011- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina20 November records since 2011
- Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina19 November records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor13 November records since 2011
Yellow-Centered Waxy Cap Hygrophorus flavodiscus6 November records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum6 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor13 December records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum12 December records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina12 December records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus11 December records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis10 December records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 December records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum5 December records since 2011
- Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae5 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: Sep, Oct, Aug.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (3) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Middlesex County | 3,052 |
| Worcester County | 1,859 |
| Franklin County | 1,556 |
| Norfolk County | 1,158 |
| Hampshire County | 1,116 |
| Barnstable County | 891 |
| Essex County | 770 |
| Berkshire County | 633 |
| Suffolk County | 633 |
| Hampden County | 588 |
| Plymouth County | 294 |
| Bristol County | 92 |
| Dukes County | 64 |
| Nantucket County | 49 |
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