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Mushrooms in Michigan
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
26,534mushroom records
30county pages
Sepbusiest month
26,534 records since 1869 (4,157 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:
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum10 January records across all years
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor8 January records across all years
Tree Bacon Punctularia strigosozonata6 January records across all years
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus6 January records across all years
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus6 January records across all years
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes5 January records across all years
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor12 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor10 March records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune10 March records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus9 March records since 2011
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina9 March records since 2011- Poronidulus conchifer8 March records since 2011
Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius7 March records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme6 March records since 2011
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa6 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April in this state:
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus35 April records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor14 April records since 2011
Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus13 April records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune8 April records since 2011
Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatus8 April records since 2011- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme6 April records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa6 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus115 May records since 2011
- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus35 May records since 2011
Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae28 May records since 2011- Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius24 May records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus9 May records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor9 May records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune8 May records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina8 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus41 June records since 2011
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus39 June records since 2011
- Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius34 June records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus26 June records since 2011- Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae21 June records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina19 June records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus18 June records since 2011
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae16 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus26 July records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus20 July records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus18 July records since 2011
Protohydnum album18 July records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria9 July records since 2011
Apple Bolete Exsudoporus frostii8 July records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor8 July records since 2011
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus8 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus47 August records since 2011
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana42 August records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor33 August records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus30 August records since 2011
- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus24 August records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus17 August records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina16 August records since 2011
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria14 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria48 September records since 2011
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus43 September records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus41 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor31 September records since 2011
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum30 September records since 2011- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme21 September records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa17 September records since 2011
Aborted Entoloma, Shrimp Of The Woods Entoloma abortivum16 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus37 October records since 2011- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme31 October records since 2011
- Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum30 October records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor28 October records since 2011
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina22 October records since 2011
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa20 October records since 2011- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria18 October records since 2011
- Aborted Entoloma, Shrimp Of The Woods Entoloma abortivum17 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata7 November records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 November records across all years
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina7 November records across all years- Corticium lacteum7 November records across all years
- Mycena fagetorum6 November records across all years
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina6 November records across all years
- Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina5 November records across all years
Mock Oyster Mushroom Phyllotopsis nidulans5 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum11 December records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor8 December records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus8 December records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune6 December records since 2011
- Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes5 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, Aug, Jul.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (53) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Houghton County | 4,782 |
| Cheboygan County | 3,279 |
| Chippewa County | 3,110 |
| Baraga County | 2,620 |
| Washtenaw County | 1,900 |
| Emmet County | 1,878 |
| Oakland County | 1,016 |
| Marquette County | 879 |
| Luce County | 584 |
| Benzie County | 421 |
| Berrien County | 417 |
| Keweenaw County | 388 |
| Grand Traverse County | 386 |
| Montmorency County | 357 |
| Ingham County | 324 |
| Alger County | 323 |
| Schoolcraft County | 313 |
| Mackinac County | 291 |
| Kalamazoo County | 220 |
| Wayne County | 204 |
| Livingston County | 201 |
| Leelanau County | 197 |
| Jackson County | 159 |
| Gogebic County | 153 |
| Barry County | 143 |
| Macomb County | 140 |
| Allegan County | 128 |
| St. Clair County | 115 |
| Iron County | 110 |
| Kent County | 101 |
| Wexford County | 93 |
| Manistee County | 82 |
| Oceana County | 76 |
| Gratiot County | 72 |
| Ontonagon County | 59 |
| Delta County | 57 |
| Crawford County | 55 |
| Ogemaw County | 52 |
| Muskegon County | 49 |
| Dickinson County | 47 |
| Iosco County | 45 |
| Midland County | 45 |
| Ottawa County | 42 |
| Mason County | 38 |
| Charlevoix County | 35 |
| Roscommon County | 34 |
| Cass County | 33 |
| Bay County | 30 |
| Van Buren County | 29 |
| Eaton County | 26 |
| Clare County | 24 |
| Isabella County | 23 |
| Antrim County | 21 |
| Lapeer County | 21 |
| Lenawee County | 21 |
| Genesee County | 21 |
| Huron County | 18 |
| Saginaw County | 18 |
| Lake County | 18 |
| Clinton County | 18 |
| Monroe County | 16 |
| Calhoun County | 14 |
| Alcona County | 14 |
| Newaygo County | 14 |
| Presque Isle County | 13 |
| Montcalm County | 12 |
| Otsego County | 12 |
| Hillsdale County | 12 |
| Alpena County | 8 |
| Gladwin County | 8 |
| Menominee County | 8 |
| Branch County | 8 |
| Sanilac County | 7 |
| Ionia County | 7 |
| St. Joseph County | 7 |
| Oscoda County | 6 |
| Mecosta County | 6 |
| Shiawassee County | 5 |
| Arenac County | 5 |
| Kalkaska County | 5 |
| Tuscola County | 3 |
| Missaukee County | 2 |
| Osceola County | 1 |
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