Mushrooms in Perry County, Missouri
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:
- Acanthophysium oakesii6 January records across all years
Willow Glue Hydnoporia tabacina2 January records across all years
Usually recorded in February here:
White Maze Polypore Trametes elegans2 February records across all years- Daedalea ambigua2 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March here:
Mycorrhaphium adustum2 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April here:
False Turkey-Tail Stereum ostrea3 April records across all years
Stereum versicolor3 April records across all years- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 April records across all years
Perenniporia fraxinophila2 April records across all years- Meganotus everhartii2 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May here:
Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea6 May records across all years
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum3 May records across all years
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa3 May records across all years
Too few past records in June here to list species.
Usually recorded in July here:
- Daedalea ambigua7 July records across all years
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi5 July records across all years- White Maze Polypore Trametes elegans3 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August here:
Golden Reishi Ganoderma curtisii4 August records across all years
Phellinus viticola3 August records across all years
Too few past records in September here to list species.
Usually recorded in October here:
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva5 October records across all years
Usually recorded in November here:
Trametes villosa4 November records across all years- Gloeoporus ambiguus2 November records across all years
Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum2 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December here:
Phlebiopsis crassa4 December records across all years
Bearded Tooth Hericium erinaceus4 December records across all years- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus3 December records across all years
- Vitreoporus dichrous3 December records across all years
Gloeoporus thelephoroides2 December records across all years
Pendulous-Disc Polypore Porodisculus pendulus2 December records across all years
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa2 December records across all years
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 7 | |
| 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | 6 | |
| 5 | 5 | |
| 6 | 5 | |
| 7 | 5 | |
| 8 | 5 | |
| 9 | 5 | |
| 10 | 4 | |
| 11 | 4 | |
| 12 | 4 | |
| 13 | 4 | |
| 14 | 4 | |
| 15 | 4 |
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: Dec, Apr, Jul.
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.
- 1
Apr 27, 1941Purple-Spored Puffball Calvatia cyathiformis - 2
Apr 3, 1915Rosy Crust Peniophora incarnatanear Perryville, MO (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (BPI) · original record - 3Apr 3, 1915Meganotus everhartiinear Perryville, MO (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (BPI) · original record
- 4Apr 3, 1915Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivaceanear Perryville, MO (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (BPI) · original record
- 5Apr 3, 1915Amaurodon viridisnear Perryville, MO (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (BPI) · original record
- 6
Apr 3, 1915Elbowpatch Crust Fomitiporia punctatanear Perryville, MO · museum/herbarium specimen (M) · original record - 7Apr 2, 1915Perenniporia fraxinophilanear Perryville, MO (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (BPI) · original record
- 8Apr 2, 1915Perenniporia fraxinophilanear Perryville, MO (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (BPI) · original record
- 9Apr 2, 1915Meganotus everhartiinear Perryville, MO (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (BPI) · original record
- 10
Apr 2, 1915Peniophora cinereanear Perryville, MO (location blurred by the observer) · museum/herbarium specimen (BPI) · original record
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How we built this page
183 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 148 CC0 and 35 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.