Hygrophorus caespitosus
Family Hygrophoraceae · Updated October 2026
33US records
10states
Augbusiest month
33 US records since 1902 (0 in the last 10 years)
Last seen Aug 21, 2007 (about 19 years ago) near Newburg, Preston County, WV, a preserved specimen in Davis & Elkins College Herbarium - Fungi. Most US records come from North Carolina, West Virginia and Tennessee, and the busiest months are Aug, Jul 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: Aug, Jul, Sep.
Where it's recorded
Top counties
- Orange County, NC (8) · latest Aug 1, 1923
- Sevier County, TN (4) · latest Sep 16, 1947
- Newton County, TX (2) · latest Jul 5, 2003
- Swain County, NC (2) · latest Aug 4, 2004
- Blount County, TN (2) · latest Aug 6, 1955
- Baldwin County, AL (1) · latest Jul 16, 1959
- Lynchburg city, VA (1) · latest Aug 4, 1927
- Gilmer County, WV (1) · latest Aug 6, 2003
- Barbour County, WV (1) · latest Aug 10, 2003
- Logan County, WV (1) · latest Aug 11, 2005
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