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Mushrooms in Minnesota
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
14,794mushroom records
29county pages
Sepbusiest month
14,794 records since 1839 (5,298 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:
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus9 January records since 2011
Chaga Inonotus obliquus5 January records since 2011
Red Tree Brain Fungus Peniophora rufa5 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae8 February records since 2011
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina7 February records since 2011
Orange Disco Aleurodiscus amorphus7 February records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis7 February records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 February records since 2011
Aspen Bracket Phellinus tremulae6 February records since 2011- Red Tree Brain Fungus Peniophora rufa5 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus10 March records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor9 March records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme8 March records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune7 March records since 2011- Red Tree Brain Fungus Peniophora rufa6 March records since 2011
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa5 March records since 2011- Aspen Bracket Phellinus tremulae5 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor33 April records since 2011
- Red Tree Brain Fungus Peniophora rufa21 April records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina15 April records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune12 April records since 2011
Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius12 April records since 2011
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus12 April records since 2011- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus11 April records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa11 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus111 May records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor23 May records since 2011
- Chaga Inonotus obliquus18 May records since 2011
Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus14 May records since 2011- Aspen Bracket Phellinus tremulae14 May records since 2011
Glistening Ink-Cap Coprinellus micaceus12 May records since 2011- Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae12 May records since 2011
- Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius11 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus36 June records since 2011- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus36 June records since 2011
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus28 June records since 2011
Protohydnum album27 June records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus20 June records since 2011
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana15 June records since 2011
Feltscale Inky Cap Coprinopsis variegata12 June records since 2011
Aspen Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus populinus11 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus29 July records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus26 July records since 2011
Jellied False Coral Sebacina schweinitzii16 July records since 2011- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus16 July records since 2011
- Protohydnum album16 July records since 2011
Yellow Patches Amanita flavoconia12 July records since 2011
Old Man Of The Woods Strobilomyces strobilaceus10 July records since 2011
Pick-A-Back Toadstool Asterophora lycoperdoides9 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus39 August records since 2011
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus37 August records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria26 August records since 2011
American Slippery Jack Suillus americanus20 August records since 2011- Protohydnum album19 August records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus18 August records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor18 August records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis17 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria75 September records since 2011
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum70 September records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus58 September records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme51 September records since 2011
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus46 September records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina37 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor37 September records since 2011
Giant Puffball Calvatia gigantea36 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme21 October records since 2011
- Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum18 October records since 2011
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria18 October records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina18 October records since 2011
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa17 October records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor14 October records since 2011
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus13 October records since 2011- Giant Puffball Calvatia gigantea11 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus8 November records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor8 November records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina6 November records since 2011
- Chaga Inonotus obliquus6 November records since 2011
- Red Tree Brain Fungus Peniophora rufa6 November records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 November records since 2011
Crimped Gill Plicaturopsis crispa5 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina10 December records since 2011
Marchandiomyces corallinus6 December records since 2011- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus5 December records since 2011
- Red Tree Brain Fungus Peniophora rufa5 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 (52) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Hennepin County | 1,998 |
| Anoka County | 1,638 |
| Clearwater County | 1,077 |
| St. Louis County | 1,027 |
| Lake County | 774 |
| Rice County | 701 |
| Ramsey County | 682 |
| Washington County | 654 |
| Crow Wing County | 567 |
| Itasca County | 546 |
| Isanti County | 522 |
| Carlton County | 473 |
| Dakota County | 368 |
| Stearns County | 316 |
| Cass County | 254 |
| Beltrami County | 217 |
| Hubbard County | 214 |
| Wright County | 203 |
| Pine County | 189 |
| Fillmore County | 177 |
| Cook County | 161 |
| Otter Tail County | 144 |
| Carver County | 137 |
| Sherburne County | 129 |
| Becker County | 129 |
| Morrison County | 126 |
| Scott County | 116 |
| Mille Lacs County | 107 |
| Chisago County | 106 |
| Lyon County | 91 |
| Houston County | 68 |
| Brown County | 67 |
| Goodhue County | 66 |
| Winona County | 65 |
| Olmsted County | 58 |
| Nicollet County | 53 |
| Jackson County | 50 |
| Polk County | 40 |
| Le Sueur County | 34 |
| Steele County | 34 |
| Kittson County | 32 |
| Douglas County | 32 |
| Meeker County | 30 |
| Wabasha County | 27 |
| Koochiching County | 23 |
| Aitkin County | 23 |
| Waseca County | 21 |
| Benton County | 21 |
| Big Stone County | 17 |
| McLeod County | 16 |
| Blue Earth County | 16 |
| Wadena County | 15 |
| Mahnomen County | 12 |
| Renville County | 11 |
| Pope County | 11 |
| Freeborn County | 10 |
| Clay County | 10 |
| Stevens County | 10 |
| Mower County | 8 |
| Kanabec County | 7 |
| Swift County | 7 |
| Kandiyohi County | 7 |
| Todd County | 5 |
| Yellow Medicine County | 5 |
| Lac qui Parle County | 4 |
| Cottonwood County | 4 |
| Redwood County | 3 |
| Grant County | 3 |
| Watonwan County | 3 |
| Red Lake County | 3 |
| Roseau County | 3 |
| Martin County | 2 |
| Lake of the Woods County | 2 |
| Traverse County | 2 |
| Norman County | 2 |
| Rock County | 2 |
| Chippewa County | 2 |
| Pennington County | 2 |
| Wilkin County | 1 |
| Faribault County | 1 |
| Dodge County | 1 |
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