Mushrooms in Cattaraugus County, New York
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
1,476mushroom records
694species recorded
Sepbusiest month
1,476 records since 1872 (1,019 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:
Mossy Maze Polypore Cerrena unicolor2 January records since 2011- Phellinus betulinus2 January records since 2011
Spreading Phlebia Phlebia radiata2 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February here:
Fluted Bird's Nest Cyathus striatus2 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March here:
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor4 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April here:
- Podofomes mollis2 April records since 2011
Scurfy Twiglet Tubaria furfuracea2 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May here:
Aspen Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus populinus2 May records since 2011
Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius2 May records since 2011
Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus2 May records since 2011
Scaly Oysterling Crepidotus calolepis2 May records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 May records since 2011
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae2 May records since 2011
Sheathed Woodtuft Kuehneromyces marginellus2 May records since 2011
Yellow Fieldcap Bolbitius titubans2 May records since 2011
Bleeding Bonnet Mycena sanguinolenta2 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June here:
Eastern American Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia rodmanii4 June records since 2011- Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae4 June records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus3 June records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus3 June records since 2011- Inocybe subtomentosa2 June records since 2011
Delicatula integrella2 June records since 2011- Mycena odorifera2 June records since 2011
Hydropus praedecurrens2 June records since 2011
Woolly Fibrecap Inocybe stellatospora2 June records since 2011- Inocybe occulta2 June records since 2011
Moss Murderer Sphagnurus paluster2 June records since 2011
Pale Brittlestem Candolleomyces candolleanus2 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July here:
Boletus variipes4 July records since 2011
Destroying Angel Amanita bisporigera4 July records since 2011
Pseudosperma friabile3 July records since 2011- Laccaria ohiensis3 July records since 2011
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi3 July records since 2011
Yellow Patches Amanita flavoconia3 July records since 2011- Eastern American Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia rodmanii3 July records since 2011
Bladder Stalks Physalacria inflata3 July records since 2011
Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus3 July records since 2011
Fungi Neoporphyrellus alboater3 July records since 2011
Pale Oyster Pleurotus pulmonarius3 July records since 2011- Megacollybia subfurfuracea2 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
Amanita Sect. Lepidella Amanita fuscozonata5 August records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus4 August records since 2011
- Rigidonotus glomeratus4 August records since 2011
Pretty Pinkgill Entoloma formosum4 August records since 2011- Heath Waxcap Gliophorus laetus3 August records since 2011
Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii3 August records since 2011- Humidicutis auratocephala3 August records since 2011
Charcoal Burner Russula cyanoxantha3 August records since 2011
American Caesar's Mushroom Amanita jacksonii3 August records since 2011
Split Fibrecap Pseudosperma rimosum2 August records since 2011
Scarlet Bonnet Atheniella adonis2 August records since 2011
Agrocybe acericola2 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana3 September records since 2011
Hemistropharia albocrenulata3 September records since 2011
Attenuated Fieldcap Agrocybe firma3 September records since 2011
Shield Dapperling Lepiota clypeolaria3 September records since 2011- Cortinarius odoritraganus3 September records since 2011
Scaly Fibrecap Inocybe hystrix2 September records since 2011
Giant Puffball Calvatia gigantea2 September records since 2011- Gymnopus lachnophyllus2 September records since 2011
Cinnamon Bracket Hapalopilus rutilans2 September records since 2011
Yellow Gymnopilus Gymnopilus luteus2 September records since 2011
Club Foot Ampulloclitocybe clavipes2 September records since 2011
Inosperma rimosoides2 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
- Inocybe fuscicothurnata3 October records since 2011
Leucocybe candicans3 October records since 2011- Tricholoma dulciolens2 October records since 2011
- Cortinarius plumulosus2 October records since 2011
- Hemistropharia albocrenulata2 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November here:
Deer-Colored Trametes Trametopsis cervina2 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December here:
- Vitreoporus dichrous4 December records since 2011
Dichostereum effuscatum2 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.
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | |
| 2 | 13 | |
| 3 | 12 | |
| 4 | 10 | |
| 5 | 10 | |
| 6 | 9 | |
| 7 | 9 | |
| 8 | 8 | |
| 9 | 8 | |
| 10 | 8 | |
| 11 | 8 | |
| 12 | 8 | |
| 13 | 7 | |
| 14 | 7 | |
| 15 | 7 |
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: Sep, Aug, Jul.
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.
- 1Sep 19, 2026Yellow Patches Amanita flavoconianear East Randolph, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 2
Sep 13, 2026Leucopaxillus tricolorin Cattaraugus County, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 3
Sep 6, 2026Golden Waxcap Hygrocybe chlorophanain Allegany State Park, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 4
Sep 6, 2026Peeling Puffball Lycoperdon marginatumin Allegany State Park, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 5Sep 6, 2026Giant Puffball Calvatia giganteain Allegany State Park, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6
Sep 5, 2026Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinumin Allegany State Park, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 7
Sep 4, 2026Russula earleiin Allegany State Park, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 8
Aug 17, 2026Aniseed Cockleshell Lentinellus cochleatusin Allegany State Park, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 9Aug 17, 2026American Caesar's Mushroom Amanita jacksoniiin Allegany State Park, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 10Aug 17, 2026Rigidonotus glomeratusin Allegany State Park, NY · 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
1,476 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 1,402 CC0 and 74 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.