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Beef-Steak Fungus

Fistulina hepatica · Family Fistulinaceae · Updated October 2026

534US records

28states

Augbusiest month

534 US records since 1886 (95 in the last 10 years)

Last seen Oct 8, 2022 (about 4 years ago) near Big Lagoon, Humboldt County, CA, photographed by an iNaturalist user, with the ID agreed on by other iNaturalist users (research grade). Most US records come from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, and the busiest months are Aug, Sep and Jul. (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: Aug, Sep, Jul.

Where it's recorded

State	Records	Latest sighting
New Jersey	206	Nov 3, 2019
Pennsylvania	99	2019
New York	47	Oct 11, 1983
North Carolina	39	Sep 17, 2016
Tennessee	27	Sep 8, 2020
Virginia	18	Sep 8, 2016
Maryland	18	Sep 21, 1994
West Virginia	17	Jul 31, 2008
California	12	Oct 8, 2022
Connecticut	12	Aug 26, 1942
Massachusetts	8	Sep 1, 1978
Arkansas	3	Oct 25, 2013

Top counties

Sussex County, NJ (38) · latest Sep 28, 2019
Ocean County, NJ (31) · latest Oct 26, 2019
Mercer County, NJ (26) · latest May 4, 2019
Morris County, NJ (25) · latest Jul 20, 2019
Burlington County, NJ (21) · latest Oct 6, 2018
Tompkins County, NY (18) · latest Aug 23, 1946
Hunterdon County, NJ (15) · latest Aug 25, 2019
Sevier County, TN (13) · latest Jul 11, 2018
Monmouth County, NJ (13) · latest Aug 22, 2015
Middlesex County, NJ (12) · latest Aug 18, 2019

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