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Piggyback Shanklet

Piggyback Shanklet (Collybia cirrhata), photo
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist
Collybia cirrhata · Family Tricholomataceae · Updated October 2026
360US records
23states
Augbusiest month
360 US records since 1894 (91 in the last 10 years)

Last seen Oct 18, 2025 (about 12 months ago) in Clallam County, WA, a preserved specimen in INSDC Sequences. Most US records come from New Jersey, California and Pennsylvania, and the busiest months are Aug, Oct and Sep. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)

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When it's recorded

Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May12Jun18Jul42Aug86Sep65Oct80Nov31Dec13

Records by month, all years. Busiest: Aug, Oct, Sep.

Where it's recorded

StateRecordsLatest sighting
New Jersey191Nov 3, 2019
California41Dec 13, 2024
Pennsylvania22Sep 1, 2024
Washington19Oct 18, 2025
North Carolina15Nov 16, 2002
Minnesota10Sep 29, 2023
Colorado10Aug 19, 2022
Idaho9Sep 19, 1999
Alaska8Sep 2, 2024
New York8Oct 20, 2018
Massachusetts6Aug 9, 1986
Maine4Sep 29, 2020

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More on this species from GBIF.

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