Mushrooms in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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 versicolor2 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February here:
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme3 February records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune3 February records since 2011
Too few past records in March here to list species.
Usually recorded in April here:
Anemone Stinkhorn Aseroe rubra2 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May here:
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus4 May records since 2011
Devil's Dipstick Mutinus elegans3 May records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 May records since 2011
Protohydnum album2 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June here:
Golden Reishi Ganoderma curtisii6 June records since 2011
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei5 June records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus2 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July here:
- Golden Reishi Ganoderma curtisii3 July records since 2011
Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipes3 July records since 2011- Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei2 July records since 2011
Reddening Lepiota Leucoagaricus americanus2 July records since 2011
False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata2 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
Onion-Stalk Parasol Leucocoprinus cepistipes4 August records since 2011
Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus ravenelii4 August records since 2011
False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites3 August records since 2011
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa2 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa9 September records since 2011- Golden Reishi Ganoderma curtisii5 September records since 2011
Lentinus levis3 September records since 2011
Ganoderma resinaceum2 September records since 2011- Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus ravenelii2 September records since 2011
Oak Bracket Pseudoinonotus dryadeus2 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
- Ganoderma resinaceum3 October records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 October records since 2011
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa2 October records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa2 October records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens2 October records since 2011- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme2 October records since 2011
- Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus ravenelii2 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor4 November records since 2011
Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea2 November records since 2011- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme2 November records since 2011
- Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus ravenelii2 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December here:
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus4 December records since 2011- Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus ravenelii3 December records since 2011
- Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa2 December records since 2011
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | |
| 2 | 14 | |
| 3 | 14 | |
| 4 | 12 | |
| 5 | 10 | |
| 6 | 9 | |
| 7 | 9 | |
| 8 | 6 | |
| 9 | 6 | |
| 10 | 5 | |
| 11 | 4 | |
| 12 | 4 | |
| 13 | 4 | |
| 14 | 4 | |
| 15 | 4 |
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: Aug, Jul, 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 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 29, 2026Lentinus levisin Mecklenburg County Open Space - Latta Plantation Nature Preserve, NC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 2
Sep 17, 2026Fistulina americanain Mecklenburg County Open Space - Latta Plantation Nature Preserve, NC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 3
Aug 25, 2026Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigoin Mecklenburg County Open Space - Evergreen Nature Preserve, NC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 4Aug 22, 2026Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus raveneliinear Matthews, NC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 5Jul 28, 2026Protohydnum albumin Mecklenburg County Open Space - Latta Park, NC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6
Jul 10, 2026Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatumnear Davidson, NC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 7Jul 10, 2026Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinusnear Davidson, NC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8Jul 10, 2026Turkeytail Trametes versicolornear Davidson, NC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9
Jul 10, 2026Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteusnear Davidson, NC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 10Jun 26, 2026Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstineinear Matthews, NC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
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304 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 241 CC0 and 63 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.