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Mushrooms in New York
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
63,483mushroom records
51county pages
Augbusiest month
63,483 records since 1800 (14,534 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 complicatum31 January records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor28 January records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune24 January records since 2011
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus18 January records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus13 January records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis13 January records since 2011
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina12 January records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus10 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor20 February records since 2011
- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus12 February records since 2011
Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea11 February records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum11 February records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina11 February records since 2011
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa9 February records since 2011- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus8 February records since 2011
Phellinus robiniae7 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor62 March records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune16 March records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina15 March records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis13 March records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme12 March records since 2011- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus12 March records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa12 March records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum11 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor57 April records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina24 April records since 2011
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus23 April records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune21 April records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum18 April records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme15 April records since 2011
Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius15 April records since 2011- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa12 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus121 May records since 2011
Wine Roundhead Stropharia rugosoannulata27 May records since 2011
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae22 May records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus16 May records since 2011
Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus14 May records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor14 May records since 2011
Glistening Ink-Cap Coprinellus micaceus12 May records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune12 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus54 June records since 2011
- Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae52 June records since 2011
Eastern American Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia rodmanii48 June records since 2011
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana47 June records since 2011- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus40 June records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus24 June records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune18 June records since 2011
- Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius16 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus54 July records since 2011
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei42 July records since 2011
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi39 July records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus33 July records since 2011
- Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae31 July records since 2011
Yellow Patches Amanita flavoconia28 July records since 2011
Yellow American Blusher Amanita flavorubens22 July records since 2011
Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei20 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor59 August records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens52 August records since 2011- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana48 August records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus46 August records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus44 August records since 2011
- Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei43 August records since 2011
Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioides40 August records since 2011
Golden Spindles Clavulinopsis fusiformis26 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus83 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor68 September records since 2011
- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana34 September records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa34 September records since 2011
Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum34 September records since 2011- Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens33 September records since 2011
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa32 September records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria30 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor68 October records since 2011
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus65 October records since 2011- Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa49 October records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme47 October records since 2011
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina43 October records since 2011
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa38 October records since 2011- Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum34 October records since 2011
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria32 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor41 November records since 2011
- Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus33 November records since 2011
- Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina31 November records since 2011
- Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius24 November records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum22 November records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis21 November records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme18 November records since 2011
Mock Oyster Mushroom Phyllotopsis nidulans16 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor37 December records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum19 December records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune17 December records since 2011
- Mock Oyster Mushroom Phyllotopsis nidulans16 December records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina14 December records since 2011
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus14 December records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus12 December records since 2011
- Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius12 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: Aug, Sep, Oct.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (11) are listed here without their own page.
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