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Mushrooms in South Carolina
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
4,296mushroom records
13county pages
Augbusiest month
4,296 records since 1847 (1,989 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:
Column Stinkhorn Clathrus columnatus9 January records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 January records since 2011- Cubamyces lactineus7 January records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum6 January records since 2011
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum6 January records since 2011
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva5 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor19 February records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis13 February records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum13 February records since 2011
- Cubamyces lactineus10 February records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus9 February records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune9 February records since 2011- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum9 February records since 2011
Giraffe Spots Peniophora albobadia5 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum12 March records across all years
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune8 March records across all years
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum8 March records across all years
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis7 March records across all years
Netted Crust Byssomerulius corium6 March records across all years- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva5 March records across all years
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus5 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April in this state:
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum16 April records across all years
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum10 April records across all years
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis9 April records across all years
- Cubamyces lactineus8 April records across all years
Tropical Cinnabar Bracket, Orange Polypore Pycnoporus sanguineus8 April records across all years
Spring Polypore Lentinus arcularius8 April records across all years- Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva5 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May in this state:
Fairies' Bonnets Coprinellus disseminatus6 May records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus5 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
Golden Reishi Ganoderma curtisii8 June records since 2011- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum7 June records since 2011
Jellied False Coral Sebacina schweinitzii6 June records since 2011
Destroying Angel Amanita bisporigera5 June records since 2011- Cubamyces lactineus5 June records since 2011
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa5 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Pilatoporus palustris13 July records across all years
- Golden Reishi Ganoderma curtisii12 July records across all years
Field Bird's Nest Cyathus olla10 July records across all years
Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipes8 July records across all years
Pineapple Bolete Boletellus ananas7 July records across all years
Shaggy-Stalked Bolete Aureoboletus betula7 July records across all years- Boletus bicolor6 July records across all years
False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata5 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August in this state:
False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites13 August records since 2011- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum12 August records since 2011
- Shaggy-Stalked Bolete Aureoboletus betula9 August records since 2011
Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigo9 August records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum8 August records since 2011
- Fairies' Bonnets Coprinellus disseminatus8 August records since 2011
- Golden Reishi Ganoderma curtisii7 August records since 2011
Fragile Dapperling Leucocoprinus fragilissimus7 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa19 September records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum12 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor11 September records since 2011
Plantpot Dapperling Leucocoprinus birnbaumii5 September records since 2011
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa5 September records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus5 September records since 2011
- False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites5 September records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum5 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa25 October records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor15 October records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum10 October records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum9 October records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis9 October records since 2011
Plateful Of Pyramids Lepidella Amanita polypyramis6 October records since 2011
Peach-Colored Fly Agaric Amanita persicina5 October records since 2011
Purple-Spored Puffball Calvatia cyathiformis5 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum25 November records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor19 November records since 2011
- Peach-Colored Fly Agaric Amanita persicina13 November records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum10 November records since 2011
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis9 November records since 2011
Bulbous Honey Fungus Armillaria gallica8 November records since 2011- Column Stinkhorn Clathrus columnatus7 November records since 2011
- Golden Reishi Ganoderma curtisii7 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor15 December records across all years
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum12 December records across all years
- Hymenochaete curtisii10 December records across all years
- Column Stinkhorn Clathrus columnatus9 December records across all years
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum5 December records across all years
⚠ 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: Aug, Jul, Nov.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (32) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Oconee County | 691 |
| Aiken County | 690 |
| Richland County | 382 |
| Pickens County | 249 |
| Greenville County | 212 |
| Horry County | 211 |
| Charleston County | 210 |
| Darlington County | 207 |
| Spartanburg County | 174 |
| Beaufort County | 139 |
| Berkeley County | 113 |
| Georgetown County | 110 |
| McCormick County | 101 |
| Hampton County | 92 |
| Lexington County | 87 |
| Dorchester County | 74 |
| Newberry County | 64 |
| Union County | 64 |
| Fairfield County | 63 |
| York County | 62 |
| Chesterfield County | 42 |
| Abbeville County | 37 |
| Colleton County | 36 |
| Chester County | 16 |
| Dillon County | 15 |
| Anderson County | 14 |
| Lancaster County | 13 |
| Sumter County | 13 |
| Clarendon County | 12 |
| Calhoun County | 10 |
| Jasper County | 10 |
| Edgefield County | 10 |
| Orangeburg County | 9 |
| Williamsburg County | 9 |
| Kershaw County | 8 |
| Marion County | 8 |
| Florence County | 7 |
| Cherokee County | 7 |
| Greenwood County | 7 |
| Bamberg County | 6 |
| Marlboro County | 3 |
| Barnwell County | 3 |
| Laurens County | 3 |
| Saluda County | 2 |
| Lee County | 1 |
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