Mushrooms in Kings County, New York
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
1,453mushroom records
331species recorded
Octbusiest month
1,453 records since 1887 (1,407 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:
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune7 January records since 2011
Crystal Brain Fungus Myxarium nucleatum4 January records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 January records since 2011
Mauve Bonnet Mycena meliigena3 January records since 2011
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa2 January records since 2011
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina2 January records since 2011
Wood Blewit Lepista nuda2 January records since 2011
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes2 January records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 January records since 2011
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus2 January records since 2011
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa2 January records since 2011
Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta2 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February here:
Bark Mycena Mycena corticola2 February records since 2011- Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina2 February records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa2 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor5 March records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus2 March records since 2011- Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina2 March records since 2011
Warlock's Butter Exidia nigricans2 March records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April here:
Glistening Ink-Cap Coprinellus micaceus8 April records since 2011
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus7 April records since 2011
Sulphur Tuft Hypholoma fasciculare3 April records since 2011
Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus3 April records since 2011
Mulch Fieldcap Agrocybe putaminum2 April records since 2011- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus2 April records since 2011
Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea2 April records since 2011- Panus neostrigosus2 April records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 April records since 2011
Wine Roundhead Stropharia rugosoannulata2 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May here:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus12 May records since 2011
- Wine Roundhead Stropharia rugosoannulata6 May records since 2011
Yellow Fieldcap Bolbitius titubans4 May records since 2011
Patrician Deer Mushroom Pluteus petasatus4 May records since 2011- Glistening Ink-Cap Coprinellus micaceus4 May records since 2011
- Cubamyces lactineus3 May records since 2011
Brown Hay Cap Panaeolina foenisecii3 May records since 2011
Weeping Widow Lacrymaria lacrymabunda3 May records since 2011
Spring Fieldcap Agrocybe praecox3 May records since 2011
Warty Cavalier Melanoleuca verrucipes2 May records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus2 May records since 2011- Fuscoboletinus weaverae2 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June here:
Purple-Bloom Russula Russula mariae5 June records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus4 June records since 2011
Yellow American Blusher Amanita flavorubens4 June records since 2011
Climacodon pulcherrimus3 June records since 2011
Sordid Blewit Lepista sordida3 June records since 2011- Inocybe velicopia3 June records since 2011
Pseudosperma friabile3 June records since 2011- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus3 June records since 2011
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei3 June records since 2011
Red Cracking Bolete Xerocomellus chrysenteron3 June records since 2011
Feltscale Inky Cap Coprinopsis variegata3 June records since 2011- Yellow Fieldcap Bolbitius titubans3 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July here:
False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites6 July records since 2011
Reddening Lepiota Leucoagaricus americanus6 July records since 2011- Yellow American Blusher Amanita flavorubens5 July records since 2011
Porphyrellus sordidus5 July records since 2011
Green Cheese Polypore Niveoporofomes spraguei5 July records since 2011- Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei5 July records since 2011
Clustered Brown Bolete Aureoboletus innixus5 July records since 2011
Burnt-Orange Bolete Tylopilus balloui5 July records since 2011
Hated Caesar Amanita spreta5 July records since 2011
Mallocybe unicolor4 July records since 2011
Banded Mottlegill Panaeolus cinctulus4 July records since 2011
Ganoderma resinaceum4 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
Luxuriant Thoughshank Collybiopsis luxurians6 August records since 2011- Clustered Brown Bolete Aureoboletus innixus5 August records since 2011
Gymnopus dysodes4 August records since 2011- Rhodocybe roseiavellanea4 August records since 2011
- Burnt-Orange Bolete Tylopilus balloui4 August records since 2011
Onion-Stalk Parasol Leucocoprinus cepistipes4 August records since 2011- Green Cheese Polypore Niveoporofomes spraguei3 August records since 2011
- Mallocybe unicolor3 August records since 2011
Russula pectinatoides3 August records since 2011
Goblet Parachute Collybiopsis vaillantii3 August records since 2011
Hymenopellis furfuracea3 August records since 2011- Hated Caesar Amanita spreta3 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa6 September records since 2011
Poison Champagne Amanita Amanita crenulata5 September records since 2011- Ganoderma resinaceum5 September records since 2011
Peeling Puffball Lycoperdon marginatum4 September records since 2011
American Slippery Jack Suillus americanus4 September records since 2011- Leucoagaricus meleagris3 September records since 2011
Stinking Dapperling Lepiota cristata3 September records since 2011- Fuscoboletinus weaverae3 September records since 2011
- Luxuriant Thoughshank Collybiopsis luxurians3 September records since 2011
- Pseudosperma friabile3 September records since 2011
- Hated Caesar Amanita spreta3 September records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa3 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
- Poison Champagne Amanita Amanita crenulata16 October records since 2011
- Fuscoboletinus weaverae13 October records since 2011
Dark Fieldcap Cyclocybe erebia7 October records since 2011
Clustered Clitocybe Lepista subconnexa6 October records since 2011- Armillaria calvescens5 October records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria5 October records since 2011
Terrestrial Scalycap Pholiota terrestris4 October records since 2011- Hebeloma sordidum4 October records since 2011
- Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa4 October records since 2011
- Russula parazurea3 October records since 2011
- Pholiota angustipes3 October records since 2011
- Stinking Dapperling Lepiota cristata3 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November here:
Scurfy Twiglet Tubaria furfuracea6 November records since 2011- Fuscoboletinus weaverae6 November records since 2011
Brown Parasol Chlorophyllum brunneum5 November records since 2011- Phlegmacium balteatocumatile4 November records since 2011
- Cubamyces lactineus4 November records since 2011
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria4 November records since 2011
- Psathyrella madida3 November records since 2011
- Phlegmacium flavescentipes3 November records since 2011
Russula cremeirosea3 November records since 2011- Poison Champagne Amanita Amanita crenulata3 November records since 2011
- Melanoleuca polioleuca3 November records since 2011
Brick Cap Hypholoma lateritium3 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December here:
- Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes5 December records since 2011
Mycena metata3 December records since 2011
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus3 December records since 2011
Western Painted Suillus Suillus lakei2 December records since 2011- Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa2 December records since 2011
Macro Mushroom Agaricus crocodilinus2 December records since 2011- Cortinarius cistopulchripes2 December records since 2011
- Cubamyces lactineus2 December records since 2011
- Scurfy Twiglet Tubaria furfuracea2 December records since 2011
- Brick Cap Hypholoma lateritium2 December records since 2011
Ceriporia purpurea2 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 | 27 | |
| 2 | 26 | |
| 3 | 25 | |
| 4 | 16 | |
| 5 | 15 | |
| 6 | 15 | |
| 7 | 14 | |
| 8 | 14 | |
| 9 | 13 | |
| 10 | 13 | |
| 11 | 13 | |
| 12 | 12 | |
| 13 | 12 | |
| 14 | 12 | |
| 15 | 11 |
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, Jul, 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 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
Oct 4, 2026Oak Bracket Pseudoinonotus dryadeusin Mount Prospect Park, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 2
Oct 1, 2026Chip Cherries Leratiomyces ceresin Prospect Park, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 3Sep 6, 2026Wine Roundhead Stropharia rugosoannulatain Prospect Park, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4
Sep 6, 2026Common Bird's Nest Crucibulum laevein Prospect Park, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 5Sep 5, 2026Mallocybe unicolornear New York, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
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Sep 5, 2026Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyiin Prospect Park, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 7Aug 29, 2026False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybditesnear New York, NY · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8Aug 14, 2026Oak Bracket Pseudoinonotus dryadeusnear New York, NY (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9
Aug 11, 2026Conifer Mazegill Gloeophyllum sepiariumnear New York, 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
1,453 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 998 CC0 and 455 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.