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Mushrooms in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
1,859mushroom records
650species recorded
Sepbusiest month
1,859 records since 1856 (648 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:
- Polyporus pocula2 January records across all years
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 January records across all years
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 January records across all years
Usually recorded in February here:
Glue Crust Fungus Hydnoporia corrugata2 February records across all years- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 February records across all years
Bark Mycena Mycena corticola2 February records across all years
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina2 February records across all years
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus2 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March here:
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina9 March records across all years
Leucocoprinus leucothites3 March records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 March records across all years
Red Tree Brain Fungus Peniophora rufa2 March records across all years
Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius2 March records across all years- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April here:
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum3 April records across all years
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 April records across all years
Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatus3 April records across all years- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina3 April records across all years
Sistotrema brinkmannii2 April records across all years
Winter Polypore Lentinus brumalis2 April records across all years
Antrodia heteromorpha2 April records across all years
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina2 April records across all years
Purplepore Bracket Trichaptum abietinum2 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May here:
- Pholiota veris2 May records across all years
Torn Fibrecap Inocybe lacera2 May records across all years- Sistotrema coronilla2 May records across all years
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 May records across all years
Toothed Crust Xylodon radula2 May records across all years- Winter Polypore Lentinus brumalis2 May records across all years
- Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius2 May records across all years
Poplar Bracket Oxyporus populinus2 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June here:
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae6 June records across all years
Fuzzy Foot Xeromphalina campanella2 June records across all years
Aspen Bolete Leccinum insigne2 June records across all years
Collybiopsis subnuda2 June records across all years
Common Fieldcap Agrocybe pediades2 June records across all years- Psathyrella hymenocephala2 June records across all years
Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus2 June records across all years
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus2 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July here:
Camembert Brittlegill Russula amoenolens6 July records since 2011
Candy Cap Lactarius camphoratus4 July records since 2011
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi4 July records since 2011
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei4 July records since 2011
Purple-Bloom Russula Russula mariae3 July records since 2011
Charcoal Burner Russula cyanoxantha3 July records since 2011
Bradley Lactifluus volemus3 July records since 2011
Orange Bile Mushroom Russula mutabilis3 July records since 2011
Russula corallina3 July records since 2011
Blue-Green Cracking Russula Russula parvovirescens3 July records since 2011- Brittlegills Russula uncialis2 July records since 2011
Green Quilt Russula Russula crustosa2 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei7 August records since 2011
Leccinum longicurvipes3 August records since 2011
Curry Bolete Boletus sensibilis2 August records since 2011
Russula sericeonitens2 August records since 2011
Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioides2 August records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus2 August records since 2011
Red And Yellow Bolete Baorangia bicolor2 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
- Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei13 September records since 2011
- Sertulicium granuliferum7 September records since 2011
Cyanosporus livens6 September records since 2011- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina5 September records since 2011
Spotted Cort Cortinarius iodes4 September records since 2011- Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi4 September records since 2011
Hazel Bracket Skeletocutis semipileata4 September records since 2011- Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioides4 September records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria4 September records since 2011
Yellow American Blusher Amanita flavorubens4 September records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme4 September records since 2011
American Slippery Jack Suillus americanus3 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina6 October records since 2011
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina5 October records since 2011- Xylodon crustosus5 October records since 2011
- Hazel Bracket Skeletocutis semipileata3 October records since 2011
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa3 October records since 2011
Coconut Milkcap Lactarius glyciosmus2 October records since 2011- American Slippery Jack Suillus americanus2 October records since 2011
- Postia stiptica2 October records since 2011
- Sertulicium granuliferum2 October records since 2011
- Cyanosporus caesiosimulans2 October records since 2011
Marshmallow Polypore Irpiciporus pachyodon2 October records since 2011- Antrodia heteromorpha2 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November here:
Slippery Jack Suillus luteus17 November records since 2011
Yellow-Centered Waxy Cap Hygrophorus flavodiscus2 November records since 2011
Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii2 November records since 2011- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina2 November records since 2011
Yellowleg Bonnet Mycena epipterygia2 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December here:
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina4 December records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 December records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus2 December records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 December records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 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 | 33 | |
| 2 | 23 | |
| 3 | 23 | |
| 4 | 22 | |
| 5 | 18 | |
| 6 | 16 | |
| 7 | 12 | |
| 8 | 12 | |
| 9 | 12 | |
| 10 | 11 | |
| 11 | 11 | |
| 12 | 11 | |
| 13 | 11 | |
| 14 | 10 | |
| 15 | 10 |
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 9 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.
- 1
Sep 14, 2026Yellow-Gilled Gymnopilus Gymnopilus luteofoliusnear Westborough, MA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 2
Sep 1, 2026Veiled Lady Phallus indusiatusin Lime Kiln Conservation Area, MA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 3
Aug 29, 2026Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinumnear Lunenburg, MA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 4
Aug 29, 2026Poison Champagne Amanita Amanita crenulatanear Lunenburg, MA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 5Aug 18, 2026Leccinum longicurvipesnear Shrewsbury, MA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6Aug 18, 2026Red And Yellow Bolete Baorangia bicolornear Shrewsbury, MA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 7Aug 18, 2026Red And Yellow Bolete Baorangia bicolornear Shrewsbury, MA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8Aug 18, 2026Blue-Green Cracking Russula Russula parvovirescensnear Shrewsbury, MA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9
Aug 16, 2026Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudensnear Southborough, MA · 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
1,859 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 1,313 CC0 and 546 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.