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Mushrooms in New Jersey
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
318,946mushroom records
17county pages
Octbusiest month
318,946 records since 1815 (103,305 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 complicatum35 January records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor28 January records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus12 January records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis10 January records since 2011
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum9 January records since 2011
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus8 January records since 2011
Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea7 January records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus6 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum13 February records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor12 February records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus8 February records since 2011
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus8 February records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis6 February records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus5 February records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 February records since 2011
Dead Man's Hand Scleroderma polyrhizum5 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor26 March records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum25 March records since 2011
- Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea14 March records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune10 March records since 2011
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina10 March records since 2011- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus9 March records since 2011
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa7 March records since 2011- Poronidulus conchifer7 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor16 April records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum15 April records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina9 April records since 2011
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus8 April records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune8 April records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus7 April records since 2011
Wine Roundhead Stropharia rugosoannulata7 April records since 2011
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus7 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata48 May records since 2011- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus40 May records since 2011
Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis32 May records since 2011
Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus32 May records since 2011
Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus32 May records since 2011
Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus32 May records since 2011
Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine32 May records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria28 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata67 June records since 2011
- Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus45 June records since 2011
- Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine44 June records since 2011
- Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis44 June records since 2011
- Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus44 June records since 2011
- Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus44 June records since 2011
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria36 June records since 2011
- Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea36 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata172 July records since 2011
- Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine114 July records since 2011
- Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus113 July records since 2011
- Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis112 July records since 2011
- Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus112 July records since 2011
- Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus112 July records since 2011
- Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea87 July records since 2011
Willow Glue Hydnoporia tabacina87 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata170 August records since 2011
- Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus114 August records since 2011
- Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine114 August records since 2011
- Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis113 August records since 2011
- Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus113 August records since 2011
- Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus112 August records since 2011
Golden Gilled Bolete Phylloporus rhodoxanthus92 August records since 2011
Parasitic Bolete Pseudoboletus parasiticus91 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata127 September records since 2011
- Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus85 September records since 2011
- Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis84 September records since 2011
- Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus84 September records since 2011
- Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus84 September records since 2011
- Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine84 September records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus79 September records since 2011- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria70 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata207 October records since 2011
- Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus140 October records since 2011
- Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine139 October records since 2011
- Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus138 October records since 2011
- Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis136 October records since 2011
- Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus136 October records since 2011
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria130 October records since 2011
Crested Coral Clavulina coralloides109 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata24 November records since 2011
Yellowleg Bonnet Mycena epipterygia18 November records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor18 November records since 2011
- Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus17 November records since 2011
- Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis16 November records since 2011
- Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus16 November records since 2011
- Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus16 November records since 2011
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina16 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor25 December records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum24 December records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus17 December records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis11 December records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus10 December records since 2011
Dirty Tricholoma Tricholoma terreum8 December records since 2011
Grey Inkcap Coprinopsis cinerea6 December records since 2011
Xylodon flaviporus6 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: Oct, Aug, Jul.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (4) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Sussex County | 58,290 |
| Ocean County | 47,288 |
| Mercer County | 38,795 |
| Morris County | 35,998 |
| Burlington County | 31,567 |
| Hunterdon County | 24,463 |
| Monmouth County | 21,042 |
| Middlesex County | 19,690 |
| Warren County | 17,859 |
| Cape May County | 8,247 |
| Gloucester County | 5,023 |
| Atlantic County | 3,708 |
| Passaic County | 3,629 |
| Bergen County | 2,495 |
| Somerset County | 242 |
| Union County | 214 |
| Essex County | 152 |
| Camden County | 99 |
| Salem County | 68 |
| Cumberland County | 58 |
| Hudson County | 19 |
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