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Mushrooms in Coos County, New Hampshire

Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
691mushroom records
243species recorded
Augbusiest month
691 records since 1880 (209 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 October here:

⚠ 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

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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

Jan3Feb0Mar2Apr4May7Jun65Jul140Aug284Sep99Oct30Nov1Dec9

Records by month, all years. Busiest: Aug, Jul, Sep.

Sightings map

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● 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. 1
    Sep 29, 2026
    Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina
    in White Mountain National Forest, NH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
  2. 2
    Sep 29, 2026
    Crimped Gill Plicaturopsis crispa
    in White Mountain National Forest, NH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
  3. 3
    Sep 14, 2026
    Variable Webcap Cortinarius anomalus
    near Thompson and Meserves, NH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
  4. 4
    Sep 6, 2026
    Violet Webcap Cortinarius violaceus
    in White Mountain National Forest, NH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
  5. 5
    Jul 4, 2026
    Northern Red Belt Fomitopsis mounceae
    in White Mountain National Forest, NH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
  6. 6
    Jul 3, 2026
    Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei
    near Gorham, NH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
  7. 7
    Jul 3, 2026
    Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana
    near Gorham, NH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
  8. 8
    Jul 3, 2026
    Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana
    near Gorham, NH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
  9. 9
    Jul 3, 2026
    Lentinus levis
    near Gorham, NH · 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.

Bring along

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Folding mushroom knife with brushSee on Amazon
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Wicker foraging basketSee on Amazon
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10x hand lens / loupeSee on Amazon
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Spore print paperSee on Amazon

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How we built this page

691 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 581 CC0 and 110 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.