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Mushrooms in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
1,210mushroom records
296species recorded
Sepbusiest month
1,210 records since 1866 (1,062 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 commune4 January records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis3 January records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 January records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme2 January records since 2011
Byssomerulius incarnatus2 January records since 2011
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus2 January records since 2011
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina2 January records since 2011
Giraffe Spots Peniophora albobadia2 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor4 February records since 2011
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus3 February records since 2011- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus2 February records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus2 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor10 March records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum5 March records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus5 March records since 2011
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus5 March records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 March records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 March records since 2011
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa2 March records since 2011
Common Bird's Nest Crucibulum laeve2 March records since 2011
Brown Cubical Rot Of Birch Fomitopsis betulina2 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April here:
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis15 April records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum12 April records since 2011
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus9 April records since 2011- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus8 April records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 April records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa7 April records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune5 April records since 2011
Glistening Ink-Cap Coprinellus micaceus5 April records since 2011
Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea4 April records since 2011
Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus4 April records since 2011
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum3 April records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus3 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May here:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus13 May records since 2011
Wine Roundhead Stropharia rugosoannulata6 May records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus5 May records since 2011- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus5 May records since 2011
Brown Hay Cap Panaeolina foenisecii4 May records since 2011- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus3 May records since 2011
- Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea3 May records since 2011
Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus3 May records since 2011
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva3 May records since 2011
Weeping Widow Lacrymaria lacrymabunda3 May records since 2011- Panus neostrigosus3 May records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune3 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June here:
- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus5 June records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor5 June records since 2011
- Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus4 June records since 2011
Devil's Dipstick Mutinus elegans4 June records since 2011- Oak Polypore Buglossoporus quercinus3 June records since 2011
- Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina3 June records since 2011
- Panus neostrigosus3 June records since 2011
Protohydnum album3 June records since 2011
Collared Parachute Marasmius rotula2 June records since 2011
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei2 June records since 2011- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus2 June records since 2011
Dendrothele nivosa2 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July here:
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus5 July records since 2011
Flat Crep Crepidotus applanatus5 July records since 2011
Green Cheese Polypore Niveoporofomes spraguei4 July records since 2011- Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei4 July records since 2011
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi4 July records since 2011
Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus4 July records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis4 July records since 2011
- Common Bird's Nest Crucibulum laeve3 July records since 2011
- Vitreoporus dichrous3 July records since 2011
Narrow Entoloma Entoloma strictius3 July records since 2011
Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioides3 July records since 2011
False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites3 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
- Golden Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus citrinopileatus12 August records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus6 August records since 2011
Fluted Bird's Nest Cyathus striatus4 August records since 2011- Byssomerulius incarnatus3 August records since 2011
Parasols Macrolepiota macilenta3 August records since 2011
Oak Bracket Pseudoinonotus dryadeus2 August records since 2011
Reddening Lepiota Leucoagaricus americanus2 August records since 2011- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa2 August records since 2011
- False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites2 August records since 2011
- Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi2 August records since 2011
Plantpot Dapperling Leucocoprinus birnbaumii2 August records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa7 September records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens6 September records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus6 September records since 2011
Giant Puffball Calvatia gigantea5 September records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor5 September records since 2011
- Fluted Bird's Nest Cyathus striatus5 September records since 2011
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus4 September records since 2011
- Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei4 September records since 2011
- Oak Bracket Pseudoinonotus dryadeus3 September records since 2011
- Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi3 September records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme3 September records since 2011
Orange Mycena Mycena leaiana3 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
- Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum10 October records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor9 October records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa8 October records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus4 October records since 2011
- Giant Puffball Calvatia gigantea3 October records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme3 October records since 2011
Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii3 October records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum3 October records since 2011
Cobalt Crust Terana coerulea3 October records since 2011
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa3 October records since 2011
Purple-Spored Puffball Calvatia cyathiformis2 October records since 2011- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva2 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November here:
- Fluted Bird's Nest Cyathus striatus4 November records since 2011
- Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus4 November records since 2011
- Devil's Dipstick Mutinus elegans2 November records since 2011
- Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina2 November records since 2011
Fairy-Cakes Hebeloma crustuliniforme2 November records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 November records since 2011
Dead Man's Hand Scleroderma polyrhizum2 November records since 2011
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina2 November records since 2011- Giant Puffball Calvatia gigantea2 November records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 November records since 2011
- Poronidulus conchifer2 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor12 December records since 2011
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa4 December records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis4 December records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa3 December records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum3 December records since 2011
Conifer Mazegill Gloeophyllum sepiarium3 December records since 2011
Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum2 December records since 2011- Byssomerulius incarnatus2 December records since 2011
Meadow Waxcap Cuphophyllus pratensis2 December records since 2011- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme2 December records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 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 | 64 | |
| 2 | 38 | |
| 3 | 34 | |
| 4 | 32 | |
| 5 | 31 | |
| 6 | 27 | |
| 7 | 27 | |
| 8 | 27 | |
| 9 | 21 | |
| 10 | 18 | |
| 11 | 17 | |
| 12 | 16 | |
| 13 | 13 | |
| 14 | 13 | |
| 15 | 13 |
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: Sep, Jul, Apr.
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.
- 1Oct 2, 2026Turkeytail Trametes versicolornear Skippack, PA (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 2Oct 2, 2026Turkeytail Trametes versicolornear Royersford, PA (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3Oct 2, 2026Turkeytail Trametes versicolornear Pennsburg, PA (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4
Sep 30, 2026Eastern Stinkhorn Phallus raveneliiin Alverthorpe Park, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 5Sep 26, 2026Vitreoporus dichrousnear Montgomeryville, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6Sep 26, 2026Turkeytail Trametes versicolornear Montgomeryville, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 7Sep 26, 2026Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatumnear Montgomeryville, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8Sep 7, 2026Giant Puffball Calvatia giganteanear Elkins Park, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9Sep 5, 2026Purple-Spored Puffball Calvatia cyathiformisnear Kulpsville, PA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 10Aug 30, 2026Fluted Bird's Nest Cyathus striatusnear Red Hill, PA · 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
1,210 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 433 CC0 and 777 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.