Mushrooms in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
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:
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 January records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February here:
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis5 February records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum5 February records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor4 February records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune3 February records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus3 February records since 2011
Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsuta3 February records since 2011
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum2 February records since 2011
Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa2 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March here:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 March records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum3 March records since 2011
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus2 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April here:
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May here:
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 May records since 2011
Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea2 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June here:
- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July here:
False Turkey-Tail Stereum ostrea2 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
- False Turkey-Tail Stereum ostrea2 August records across all years
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum2 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September here:
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum2 September records since 2011
Too few past records in October here to list species.
Usually recorded in November here:
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum8 November records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor4 November records since 2011
- False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum4 November records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus2 November records since 2011
- Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivacea2 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December here:
Mock Oyster Mushroom Phyllotopsis nidulans2 December records since 2011
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | |
| 2 | 14 | |
| 3 | 14 | |
| 4 | 13 | |
| 5 | 9 | |
| 6 | 8 | |
| 7 | 6 | |
| 8 | 6 | |
| 9 | 4 | |
| 10 | 3 | |
| 11 | 3 | |
| 12 | 3 | |
| 13 | 3 | |
| 14 | 3 | |
| 15 | 2 |
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: Feb, Nov, Mar.
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 9 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.
- 1Aug 1, 2026Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatumnear Woodruff, SC (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 2Aug 1, 2026False Turkeytail Stereum lobatumnear Woodruff, SC (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3
Jun 19, 2026Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatusnear Hilltop, SC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 4Jun 19, 2026Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum communenear Hilltop, SC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 5Jun 19, 2026Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatumnear Hilltop, SC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6Apr 5, 2026Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatumnear Duncan, SC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 7Mar 26, 2026Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatumnear Spartanburg, SC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8Mar 26, 2026Turkeytail Trametes versicolornear Spartanburg, SC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9Mar 12, 2026Brown-Toothed Crust Fungus Hydnoporia olivaceanear Spartanburg, SC · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
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How we built this page
174 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 25 CC0 and 149 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.