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Mushrooms in Ohio
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
17,426mushroom records
30county pages
Octbusiest month
17,426 records since 1827 (8,626 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:
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes15 January records since 2011
Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata12 January records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor11 January records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum11 January records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus10 January records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune10 January records since 2011
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus7 January records since 2011
Giraffe Spots Peniophora albobadia7 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus41 February records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune15 February records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor13 February records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum10 February records since 2011
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina8 February records since 2011- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus8 February records since 2011
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina7 February records since 2011- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus7 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor27 March records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme18 March records since 2011- Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina15 March records since 2011
- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus15 March records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune14 March records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus12 March records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus8 March records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum8 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April in this state:
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus124 April records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor39 April records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune15 April records since 2011
- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus13 April records since 2011
Diamond Polypore Neofavolus alveolaris12 April records since 2011
Cryptic Globe Fungus Cryptoporus volvatus11 April records since 2011- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata10 April records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme9 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus172 May records since 2011
Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus49 May records since 2011
Protohydnum album44 May records since 2011
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana43 May records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus38 May records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune23 May records since 2011
- Diamond Polypore Neofavolus alveolaris14 May records since 2011
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae13 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Protohydnum album49 June records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus41 June records since 2011
- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus31 June records since 2011
Eastern American Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia rodmanii25 June records since 2011- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana22 June records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune20 June records since 2011
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus17 June records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus16 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Protohydnum album40 July records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus40 July records since 2011
- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus33 July records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune30 July records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus28 July records since 2011
Green Cheese Polypore Niveoporofomes spraguei19 July records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens19 July records since 2011
Jellied False Coral Sebacina schweinitzii17 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus69 August records since 2011
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa59 August records since 2011- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana58 August records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor51 August records since 2011
- Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens51 August records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus31 August records since 2011
- Protohydnum album29 August records since 2011
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus24 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus96 September records since 2011
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa53 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor50 September records since 2011
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus49 September records since 2011
- Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens38 September records since 2011
- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana33 September records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria21 September records since 2011
Aborted Entoloma, Shrimp Of The Woods Entoloma abortivum21 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme61 October records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor52 October records since 2011
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum47 October records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus44 October records since 2011
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria42 October records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa34 October records since 2011
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus31 October records since 2011- Aborted Entoloma, Shrimp Of The Woods Entoloma abortivum30 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor36 November records since 2011
- Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum27 November records since 2011
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina26 November records since 2011- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme24 November records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata23 November records since 2011
- Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes21 November records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus19 November records since 2011
Brick Cap Hypholoma lateritium16 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus40 December records since 2011
- Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes29 December records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor28 December records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata22 December records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme18 December records since 2011
Mock Oyster Mushroom Phyllotopsis nidulans15 December records since 2011- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus13 December records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune12 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: Oct, Jul, Sep.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (54) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Hamilton County | 3,627 |
| Summit County | 2,119 |
| Athens County | 1,239 |
| Portage County | 1,038 |
| Cuyahoga County | 937 |
| Lorain County | 715 |
| Butler County | 522 |
| Clermont County | 516 |
| Hocking County | 502 |
| Franklin County | 455 |
| Wayne County | 445 |
| Highland County | 374 |
| Ross County | 359 |
| Erie County | 357 |
| Lake County | 324 |
| Adams County | 243 |
| Lucas County | 205 |
| Columbiana County | 188 |
| Stark County | 172 |
| Ashland County | 169 |
| Warren County | 156 |
| Guernsey County | 148 |
| Belmont County | 145 |
| Ashtabula County | 133 |
| Vinton County | 131 |
| Montgomery County | 127 |
| Geauga County | 119 |
| Greene County | 116 |
| Delaware County | 115 |
| Jackson County | 114 |
| Preble County | 99 |
| Fairfield County | 98 |
| Coshocton County | 86 |
| Morgan County | 82 |
| Richland County | 78 |
| Huron County | 77 |
| Pike County | 68 |
| Allen County | 63 |
| Clinton County | 61 |
| Brown County | 61 |
| Mahoning County | 59 |
| Licking County | 58 |
| Sandusky County | 55 |
| Medina County | 53 |
| Champaign County | 42 |
| Scioto County | 36 |
| Wood County | 36 |
| Ottawa County | 36 |
| Lawrence County | 35 |
| Trumbull County | 31 |
| Shelby County | 30 |
| Miami County | 29 |
| Pickaway County | 28 |
| Carroll County | 23 |
| Perry County | 22 |
| Seneca County | 22 |
| Morrow County | 21 |
| Jefferson County | 20 |
| Clark County | 17 |
| Tuscarawas County | 15 |
| Washington County | 15 |
| Logan County | 14 |
| Darke County | 13 |
| Holmes County | 13 |
| Fulton County | 12 |
| Hardin County | 11 |
| Mercer County | 9 |
| Knox County | 9 |
| Union County | 8 |
| Muskingum County | 8 |
| Crawford County | 7 |
| Madison County | 7 |
| Auglaize County | 7 |
| Monroe County | 7 |
| Defiance County | 6 |
| Meigs County | 5 |
| Williams County | 5 |
| Gallia County | 4 |
| Wyandot County | 4 |
| Harrison County | 4 |
| Hancock County | 3 |
| Noble County | 2 |
| Fayette County | 1 |
| Marion County | 1 |
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