Conferticium ochraceum
Family Stereaceae · Updated October 2026
50US records
22states
Sepbusiest month
50 US records since 1886 (2 in the last 10 years)
Last seen Mar 11, 2019 (about 8 years ago) near Felton, Santa Cruz County, CA, a preserved specimen in Global Spore Sampling Project: a global, standardized dataset of airborne fungal DNA. Most US records come from South Carolina, Idaho and Vermont, and the busiest months are Sep, Oct and Nov. (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, Nov.
Where it's recorded
Top counties
- Berkeley County, SC (6)
- Bonner County, ID (6) · latest Oct 18, 1920
- Addison County, VT (5) · latest Sep 29, 1899
- Mercer County, NJ (3)
- Pend Oreille County, WA (3) · latest Oct 17, 2014
- Santa Cruz County, CA (2) · latest Mar 11, 2019
- Haywood County, NC (2) · latest Jul 2, 1983
- Fayette County, WV (2) · latest May 8, 1893
- Lincoln County, MT (2) · latest Sep 12, 1919
- West Feliciana Parish, LA (1) · latest Aug 19, 1994
More on this species from GBIF.
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