Gymnopus exsculptus
Family Omphalotaceae · Updated October 2026
53US records
9states
Julbusiest month
53 US records since 1902 (0 in the last 10 years)
Last seen Jul 26, 1973 (about 53 years ago) near Townsend, Blount County, TN, a preserved specimen in University of Tennessee Fungal Herbarium. Most US records come from North Carolina, Tennessee and Florida, and the busiest months are Jul, Aug and Sep. (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: Jul, Aug, Sep.
Where it's recorded
Top counties
- Alachua County, FL (11) · latest Jun 17, 1950
- Sevier County, TN (7) · latest Jun 22, 1954
- Macon County, NC (6) · latest Jul 12, 1967
- Orange County, NC (6) · latest Jul 8, 1924
- Blount County, TN (4) · latest Jul 26, 1973
- Haywood County, NC (3) · latest Aug 4, 1926
- Swain County, NC (2) · latest Aug 24, 1941
- Rabun County, GA (2) · latest Aug 25, 1955
- Jefferson County, TN (1) · latest Aug 1, 1943
- Dixie County, FL (1) · latest Jul 13, 1938
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