Honey Fungus
Armillaria mellea · Family Physalacriaceae · Updated October 2026
2,111US records
49states
Sepbusiest month
2,111 US records since 1879 (900 in the last 10 years)
Last seen Oct 2, 2026 (about 3 weeks ago) near Scituate, Providence County, RI, photographed by an iNaturalist user, with the ID agreed on by other iNaturalist users (research grade). Most US records come from California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and the busiest months are Sep, Oct and Dec. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)
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When it's recorded
Records by month, all years. Busiest: Sep, Oct, Dec.
Where it's recorded
Top counties
- San Francisco County, CA (119) · latest Jan 2, 2026
- Alameda County, CA (65) · latest Jan 13, 2026
- Marin County, CA (63) · latest Jan 1, 2025
- Santa Clara County, CA (60) · latest Jan 14, 2026
- San Mateo County, CA (54) · latest Jan 1, 2026
- Sonoma County, CA (41) · latest Dec 1, 2025
- Sussex County, NJ (38) · latest Jul 16, 2020
- Tompkins County, NY (37) · latest Aug 27, 2024
- Santa Barbara County, CA (35) · latest Jan 1, 2026
- Ocean County, NJ (31) · latest Oct 26, 2019
More on this species from GBIF.
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