Mushrooms in Middlesex County, New Jersey
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:
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 January records since 2011
Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinum3 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February here:
- Steccherinum laeticolor3 February records across all years
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March here:
Black Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa3 March records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus2 March records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 March records since 2011
- Poronidulus conchifer2 March records since 2011
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus2 March records since 2011
Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea2 March records since 2011
Too few past records in April here to list species.
Usually recorded in May here:
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus3 May records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus2 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June here:
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus2 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July here:
Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata6 July records since 2011
Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus4 July records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus4 July records since 2011
Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis4 July records since 2011
Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus4 July records since 2011
Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus4 July records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria4 July records since 2011
Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine4 July records since 2011
Grisette Amanita vaginata3 July records since 2011
Parasitic Bolete Pseudoboletus parasiticus3 July records since 2011
Fairies' Bonnets Coprinellus disseminatus3 July records since 2011- Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea3 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
- Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata12 August records since 2011
- Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis8 August records since 2011
- Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus8 August records since 2011
- Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus8 August records since 2011
- Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine8 August records since 2011
- Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus8 August records since 2011
Short-Stemmed Russula Russula brevipes7 August records since 2011- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria6 August records since 2011
- Parasitic Bolete Pseudoboletus parasiticus6 August records since 2011
Blackening Wax-Cap Hygrocybe conica6 August records since 2011
Yellowleg Bonnet Mycena epipterygia6 August records since 2011
Bay Polypore Picipes badius6 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus19 September records since 2011
- Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata12 September records since 2011
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina9 September records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens9 September records since 2011- Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus8 September records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus8 September records since 2011
- Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine8 September records since 2011
- Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis8 September records since 2011
- Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus8 September records since 2011
- Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus8 September records since 2011
- Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea8 September records since 2011
Bradley Lactifluus volemus7 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
- Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata18 October records since 2011
- Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis12 October records since 2011
- Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus12 October records since 2011
- Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine12 October records since 2011
- Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus12 October records since 2011
- Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus12 October records since 2011
- Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea11 October records since 2011
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria11 October records since 2011
Brown American Star-Footed Amanita Amanita brunnescens9 October records since 2011
American Amidella Amanita volvata9 October records since 2011
Clustered Brown Bolete Aureoboletus innixus9 October records since 2011
Bay Bolete Imleria badia9 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November here:
Ceriporia spissa3 November records across all years- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum3 November records across all years
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 November records across all years
Too few past records in December here to list species.
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 72 | |
| 2 | 48 | |
| 3 | 48 | |
| 4 | 48 | |
| 5 | 48 | |
| 6 | 48 | |
| 7 | 48 | |
| 8 | 42 | |
| 9 | 40 | |
| 10 | 38 | |
| 11 | 37 | |
| 12 | 37 | |
| 13 | 37 | |
| 14 | 37 | |
| 15 | 37 |
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: Oct, Sep, Aug.
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
Jul 12, 2026Giant Puffball Calvatia giganteanear Highland Park, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 2Mar 16, 2026Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatumnear Milltown, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3Jan 11, 2026Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinumnear Laurence Harbor, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4Nov 15, 2025Globifomes graveolensnear Regency at Monroe, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 5Sep 6, 2025Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosusin Native Plant Reserve, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6
Aug 8, 2025Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom Sparassis spathulatanear Regency at Monroe, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 7Aug 8, 2025Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom Sparassis spathulatanear Regency at Monroe, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8Jul 26, 2025Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureusnear Regency at Monroe, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9Jun 18, 2025Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatusin Native Plant Reserve, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 10
Mar 5, 2025Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugaenear Milltown, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
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19,690 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 104 CC0 and 19,586 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.