Mushroom Sightings
Mushroom Sightings
What's been spotted in the woods near you
Home › Species › Laxitextum bicolor

Laxitextum bicolor

Laxitextum bicolor (Laxitextum bicolor), photo
Photo: Heiko Weber, CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist via GBIF
Family Hericiaceae · Updated October 2026
560US records
36states
Augbusiest month
560 US records since 1881 (70 in the last 10 years)

Last seen Apr 11, 2023 (about 4 years ago) near Presidential Lakes Estates, Burlington County, NJ, a preserved specimen in INSDC Sequences. Most US records come from New Jersey, Florida and Pennsylvania, and the busiest months are Aug, Oct and Sep. (Data as of October 26, 2026; records can lag by weeks.)

⚠ Never eat a wild mushroom based on this site. We show where fungi have been recorded, nothing more. We never say any mushroom is edible or safe, and you shouldn't decide that from any website, app or photo. Many deadly mushrooms look like harmless ones. If someone may have eaten a wild mushroom, call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 right away.
Lookalike warning. Many mushrooms, including deadly ones, closely resemble each other, and the only reliable identification comes from an expert looking at the actual specimen (often with spore prints or microscopy). Never use a name, photo or record count on this page to decide what something is.

When it's recorded

Jan16Feb16Mar4Apr10May36Jun29Jul62Aug87Sep68Oct83Nov52Dec21

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

Where it's recorded

StateRecordsLatest sighting
New Jersey195Apr 11, 2023
Florida45Jan 4, 1988
Pennsylvania402019
Ohio281961-11
Indiana25Nov 12, 1917
New York252021-11
Maryland21Sep 26, 1959
Louisiana17Jul 31, 1961
Wisconsin16Nov 23, 1944
Georgia15Sep 5, 1950
Alabama131915-12
Delaware131905-09

Top counties

More on this species from GBIF.

Bring along

🍄
Regional mushroom field guideSee on Amazon
🍄
Folding mushroom knife with brushSee on Amazon
🍄
Wicker foraging basketSee on Amazon
🍄
10x hand lens / loupeSee on Amazon
🍄
Spore print paperSee on Amazon

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.