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Mushrooms in Ocean County, New Jersey
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
47,288mushroom records
1,282species recorded
Octbusiest month
47,288 records since 1888 (19,861 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 here:
Dead Man's Hand Scleroderma polyrhizum4 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February here:
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 February records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 February records since 2011- Dead Man's Hand Scleroderma polyrhizum2 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March here:
Barometer Earthstar Astraeus hygrometricus2 March records across all years
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina2 March records across all years- Dead Man's Hand Scleroderma polyrhizum2 March records across all years
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 March records across all years- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April here:
- Dead Man's Hand Scleroderma polyrhizum9 April records across all years
- Scleroderma hypogaeum5 April records across all years
Too few past records in May here to list species.
Too few past records in June here to list species.
Usually recorded in July here:
Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata6 July records since 2011
Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus4 July records since 2011
Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine4 July records since 2011
Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus4 July records since 2011
Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis4 July records since 2011
Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus4 July records since 2011
American Amidella Amanita volvata3 July records since 2011
Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipes3 July records since 2011
Crested Coral Clavulina coralloides3 July records since 2011
Slimy Waxcap Gliophorus irrigatus3 July records since 2011
Spotted Collybia Rhodocollybia maculata3 July records since 2011
Short-Stemmed Russula Russula brevipes3 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
Parasitic Bolete Pseudoboletus parasiticus6 August records since 2011- Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata6 August records since 2011
Entoloma indigoferum5 August records since 2011
Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioides4 August records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus4 August records since 2011- Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis4 August records since 2011
- Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus4 August records since 2011
- Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus4 August records since 2011
- Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus4 August records since 2011
Golden Reishi Ganoderma curtisii4 August records since 2011- Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine4 August records since 2011
- Dead Man's Hand Scleroderma polyrhizum4 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus6 September records since 2011
- Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata6 September records since 2011
Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea6 September records since 2011
Yellowleg Bonnet Mycena epipterygia6 September records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 September records since 2011
- Crested Coral Clavulina coralloides5 September records since 2011
Brown American Star-Footed Amanita Amanita brunnescens5 September records since 2011
Blue Cheese Polypore Cyanosporus caesius5 September records since 2011
Rosy Conk Rhodofomes cajanderi5 September records since 2011
Spreading Yellow Tooth Hydnophlebia chrysorhiza5 September records since 2011
Diamond Polypore Neofavolus alveolaris5 September records since 2011
Marshmallow Polypore Irpiciporus pachyodon5 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
- Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata104 October records since 2011
- Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus69 October records since 2011
- Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus69 October records since 2011
- Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine69 October records since 2011
- Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis68 October records since 2011
- Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus68 October records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria53 October records since 2011- Crested Coral Clavulina coralloides53 October records since 2011
- Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea53 October records since 2011
- Yellowleg Bonnet Mycena epipterygia53 October records since 2011
- Brown American Star-Footed Amanita Amanita brunnescens52 October records since 2011
Blackening Wax-Cap Hygrocybe conica52 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November here:
- Orange-Gilled Waxycap Humidicutis marginata12 November records since 2011
- Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis8 November records since 2011
- Snowy Waxcap Cuphophyllus virgineus8 November records since 2011
- Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus8 November records since 2011
- Parrot Mushroom Gliophorus psittacinus8 November records since 2011
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria8 November records since 2011
- Spotted Bolete Xanthoconium affine8 November records since 2011
- Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea8 November records since 2011
- Yellowleg Bonnet Mycena epipterygia7 November records since 2011
- White Jelly Fungus Ductifera pululahuana6 November records since 2011
- Blackening Wax-Cap Hygrocybe conica6 November records since 2011
Hedgehog Fungus Hydnum repandum6 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December here:
Willow Glue Hydnoporia tabacina3 December records across all years- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 December records across all years
Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii2 December records across all years
⚠ 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
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 177 | |
| 2 | 118 | |
| 3 | 117 | |
| 4 | 117 | |
| 5 | 116 | |
| 6 | 116 | |
| 7 | 96 | |
| 8 | 93 | |
| 9 | 93 | |
| 10 | 91 | |
| 11 | 90 | |
| 12 | 90 | |
| 13 | 90 | |
| 14 | 88 | |
| 15 | 88 |
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, Nov, Sep.
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 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
Sep 21, 2026Bark Mycena Mycena corticolanear Tuckerton, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 2Sep 4, 2026Turkeytail Trametes versicolornear Pine Beach, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3Aug 1, 2026Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureusnear Cedar Glen Lakes, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4Jul 6, 2026Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum communenear Waretown, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 5
Mar 27, 2026Tree Bacon Punctularia strigosozonatain Greenwood Forest Wildlife Management Area, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 6
Mar 17, 2026Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinumnear Ocean Acres, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 7
Mar 3, 2026White Green-Algae Coral Multiclavula mucidanear Tuckerton, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 8Jan 11, 2026Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum communenear Mystic Island, NJ · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9
Jan 11, 2026Crystal Brain Fungus Myxarium nucleatumnear Tuckerton, NJ · 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.
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How we built this page
47,288 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 162 CC0 and 47,126 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.