Mushrooms in Summit County, Ohio
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
2,119mushroom records
404species recorded
Octbusiest month
2,119 records since 1898 (1,598 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 commune3 January records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum3 January records since 2011
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus3 January records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme2 January records since 2011
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa2 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February here:
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 February records across all years
Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum2 February records across all years- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme2 February records across all years
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa2 February records across all years
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina2 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March here:
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme5 March records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor4 March records since 2011
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina3 March records since 2011- Strobilurus esculentus3 March records since 2011
Bay Polypore Picipes badius3 March records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April here:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus16 April records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor11 April records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis4 April records since 2011
- Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina4 April records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune3 April records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina3 April records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus3 April records since 2011- Poronidulus conchifer2 April records since 2011
Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus2 April records since 2011
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum2 April records since 2011- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme2 April records since 2011
Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus2 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May here:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus40 May records since 2011
- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus16 May records since 2011
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana13 May records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus5 May records since 2011
Diamond Polypore Neofavolus alveolaris4 May records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune3 May records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum3 May records since 2011
- Globifomes graveolens3 May records since 2011
Weeping Widow Lacrymaria lacrymabunda3 May records since 2011
Common Collybia Gymnopus dryophilus3 May records since 2011
Feltscale Inky Cap Coprinopsis variegata2 May records since 2011
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae2 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June here:
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus15 June records since 2011
- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus15 June records since 2011
- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana9 June records since 2011
Eastern American Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia rodmanii8 June records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 June records since 2011
Wrinkled Psathyrella Typhrasa gossypina5 June records since 2011
Protohydnum album5 June records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus5 June records since 2011
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi5 June records since 2011- Feltscale Inky Cap Coprinopsis variegata5 June records since 2011
Pale Brittlestem Candolleomyces candolleanus4 June records since 2011
Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum4 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July here:
- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus10 July records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus8 July records since 2011
Jellied False Coral Sebacina schweinitzii8 July records since 2011
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei8 July records since 2011
Red And Yellow Bolete Baorangia bicolor7 July records since 2011
Green Cheese Polypore Niveoporofomes spraguei7 July records since 2011
Apple Bolete Exsudoporus frostii6 July records since 2011
Gerronema strombodes6 July records since 2011- Protohydnum album5 July records since 2011
Pale Oyster Pleurotus pulmonarius5 July records since 2011
White Spindles Clavaria fragilis5 July records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus5 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus21 August records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens14 August records since 2011- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana10 August records since 2011
- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus9 August records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor8 August records since 2011
Reddening Lepiota Leucoagaricus americanus6 August records since 2011
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa6 August records since 2011- Protohydnum album6 August records since 2011
Purple-And-White Deceiver Laccaria ochropurpurea5 August records since 2011- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus5 August records since 2011
- Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum4 August records since 2011
- Red And Yellow Bolete Baorangia bicolor4 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus25 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor21 September records since 2011
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa10 September records since 2011
- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana10 September records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa7 September records since 2011
Honey Fungus Armillaria mellea7 September records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria7 September records since 2011- Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens7 September records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme7 September records since 2011
- Purple-And-White Deceiver Laccaria ochropurpurea6 September records since 2011
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus6 September records since 2011
Hymenopellis furfuracea6 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor25 October records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme21 October records since 2011
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum17 October records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus11 October records since 2011
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus10 October records since 2011- Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa8 October records since 2011
- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria7 October records since 2011
Aborted Entoloma, Shrimp Of The Woods Entoloma abortivum7 October records since 2011- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus7 October records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa7 October records since 2011
- Honey Fungus Armillaria mellea7 October records since 2011
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus6 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor8 November records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme7 November records since 2011
- Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum6 November records since 2011
Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata6 November records since 2011
Mock Oyster Mushroom Phyllotopsis nidulans5 November records since 2011
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes5 November records since 2011
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina5 November records since 2011
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus3 November records since 2011- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa3 November records since 2011
Wood Blewit Lepista nuda3 November records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus2 November records since 2011
Phellinus robiniae2 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor5 December records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata3 December records since 2011
- Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes3 December records since 2011
- Mock Oyster Mushroom Phyllotopsis nidulans3 December records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis3 December records since 2011
- Poronidulus conchifer2 December records since 2011
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus2 December records since 2011
Crimped Gill Plicaturopsis crispa2 December records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 December records since 2011
Black Witch's Butter Exidia glandulosa2 December records since 2011- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus2 December records since 2011
- Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina2 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 | 94 | |
| 2 | 89 | |
| 3 | 77 | |
| 4 | 57 | |
| 5 | 55 | |
| 6 | 50 | |
| 7 | 39 | |
| 8 | 30 | |
| 9 | 28 | |
| 10 | 25 | |
| 11 | 24 | |
| 12 | 24 | |
| 13 | 23 | |
| 14 | 22 | |
| 15 | 19 |
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, Sep, 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 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 25, 2026Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudensin Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 2
Sep 23, 2026Oak Bracket Pseudoinonotus dryadeusnear Akron, OH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 3Sep 17, 2026Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosanear Peninsula, OH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4Sep 12, 2026Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatusnear Peninsula, OH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 5Sep 7, 2026Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudensnear Boston Heights, OH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6Sep 2, 2026Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyinear Green, OH (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 7Aug 31, 2026Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudensin Cuyahoga Valley National Park, OH · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8
Aug 25, 2026Tawny Grisette Amanita fulvanear Akron, OH (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 9
Aug 25, 2026Byssomerulius incarnatusnear Akron, OH (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 10
Aug 25, 2026Fistulina americananear Cuyahoga Falls, OH (location blurred by the observer) · 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
2,119 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 311 CC0 and 1,808 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.