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Mushrooms in Pennsylvania
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
69,394mushroom records
49county pages
Julbusiest month
69,394 records since 1812 (26,992 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:
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor32 January records since 2011
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa21 January records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune20 January records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum16 January records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus16 January records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis16 January records since 2011
Scurfy Twiglet Tubaria furfuracea15 January records since 2011
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes15 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor27 February records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa14 February records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus11 February records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis10 February records since 2011
Phellinus robiniae10 February records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune10 February records since 2011
Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata8 February records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum7 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor46 March records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune26 March records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa18 March records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus18 March records since 2011
- Phellinus robiniae16 March records since 2011
- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus16 March records since 2011
- Scurfy Twiglet Tubaria furfuracea14 March records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata14 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April in this state:
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus124 April records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor80 April records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune64 April records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis60 April records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum53 April records since 2011
- Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus45 April records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata43 April records since 2011
Glistening Ink-Cap Coprinellus micaceus40 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus156 May records since 2011
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana55 May records since 2011
Wine Roundhead Stropharia rugosoannulata52 May records since 2011
Eastern American Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia rodmanii45 May records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus41 May records since 2011
Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus41 May records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus41 May records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor38 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus68 June records since 2011
- Eastern American Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia rodmanii61 June records since 2011
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae56 June records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus43 June records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune40 June records since 2011
Protohydnum album39 June records since 2011- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus35 June records since 2011
- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana35 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei66 July records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus62 July records since 2011
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi47 July records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus45 July records since 2011
Yellow Patches Amanita flavoconia37 July records since 2011
Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus36 July records since 2011
Jellied False Coral Sebacina schweinitzii34 July records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens34 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus92 August records since 2011
- Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens59 August records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor44 August records since 2011
Spotted Cort Cortinarius iodes43 August records since 2011- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana38 August records since 2011
Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum35 August records since 2011
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa29 August records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus28 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus100 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor90 September records since 2011
- Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana55 September records since 2011
- Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens54 September records since 2011
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa47 September records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa46 September records since 2011
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina46 September records since 2011
Aborted Entoloma, Shrimp Of The Woods Entoloma abortivum43 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor71 October records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme71 October records since 2011
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum64 October records since 2011
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus51 October records since 2011- Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa49 October records since 2011
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa44 October records since 2011
Giant Puffball Calvatia gigantea42 October records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus41 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor41 November records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata37 November records since 2011
- Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum30 November records since 2011
Brick Cap Hypholoma lateritium29 November records since 2011- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme24 November records since 2011
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina22 November records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum19 November records since 2011
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina16 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor38 December records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum22 December records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis21 December records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune18 December records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus18 December records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa16 December records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata15 December records since 2011
- Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes14 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: Jul, Jun, Aug.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (18) are listed here without their own page.
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