Mushrooms in Berks County, Pennsylvania
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
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 January records since 2011
Too few past records in February here to list species.
Usually recorded in March here:
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme2 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April here:
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May here:
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus4 May records since 2011
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus3 May records since 2011
Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus3 May records since 2011
Pendulous-Disc Polypore Porodisculus pendulus3 May records since 2011
Weeping Widow Lacrymaria lacrymabunda3 May records since 2011
Sheathed Woodtuft Kuehneromyces marginellus3 May records since 2011
Orange Moss Navel Rickenella fibula2 May records since 2011
Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus2 May records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus2 May records since 2011
Gymnopus alkalivirens2 May records since 2011
Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii2 May records since 2011
Mouse-Pee Pinkgill Entoloma incanum2 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June here:
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus3 June records since 2011
- Oak Polypore Buglossoporus quercinus2 June records since 2011
Protohydnum album2 June records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus2 June records since 2011
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei2 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July here:
- Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei3 July records across all years
Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus2 July records across all years
Marasmius sullivantii2 July records across all years- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus2 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August here:
Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom Sparassis spathulata4 August records since 2011
Devil's Dipstick Mutinus elegans3 August records since 2011
Parasitic Bolete Pseudoboletus parasiticus3 August records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus3 August records since 2011
False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata3 August records since 2011
Velvet Rollrim Tapinella atrotomentosa2 August records since 2011
Orange Spindle Clavulinopsis aurantiocinnabarina2 August records since 2011
Green Cheese Polypore Niveoporofomes spraguei2 August records since 2011
Thelephora vialis2 August records since 2011
Spotted Cort Cortinarius iodes2 August records since 2011
False Chanterelle Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca2 August records since 2011
Violet Gray Bolete Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus2 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
- Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom Sparassis spathulata8 September records since 2011
- Spotted Cort Cortinarius iodes6 September records since 2011
Cross-Veined Troop Mushroom Xeromphalina kauffmanii4 September records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus4 September records since 2011
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina4 September records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa3 September records since 2011- Thelephora vialis3 September records since 2011
Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum3 September records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens2 September records since 2011
Bulbous Honey Fungus Armillaria gallica2 September records since 2011
Bay Polypore Picipes badius2 September records since 2011
Byssomerulius incarnatus2 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 October records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 October records since 2011
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria2 October records since 2011
Fluted Bird's Nest Cyathus striatus2 October records since 2011- Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa2 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November here:
- Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina3 November records since 2011
Dentocorticium portoricense2 November records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 November records since 2011
Too few past records in December here to list species.
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | |
| 2 | 12 | |
| 3 | 12 | |
| 4 | 11 | |
| 5 | 9 | |
| 6 | 8 | |
| 7 | 7 | |
| 8 | 7 | |
| 9 | 7 | |
| 10 | 6 | |
| 11 | 6 | |
| 12 | 5 | |
| 13 | 5 | |
| 14 | 5 | |
| 15 | 5 |
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, Sep, May.
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.
- 1
- 2Sep 7, 2026Thelephora vialisnear Birdsboro, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3
Sep 7, 2026Orange Pinwheel Marasmius siccusnear Birdsboro, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 4Sep 7, 2026Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinusnear Birdsboro, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 5Sep 7, 2026Thelephora vialisnear Birdsboro, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6Sep 7, 2026Eastern Cauliflower Mushroom Sparassis spathulatanear Birdsboro, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 7Sep 7, 2026Cross-Veined Troop Mushroom Xeromphalina kauffmaniinear Birdsboro, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8Sep 7, 2026Cross-Veined Troop Mushroom Xeromphalina kauffmaniinear Birdsboro, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9Sep 7, 2026Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulinanear Birdsboro, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 10Sep 7, 2026Cross-Veined Troop Mushroom Xeromphalina kauffmaniinear Birdsboro, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
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How we built this page
483 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 321 CC0 and 162 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.