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Hedgehog Puffball

Lycoperdon echinatum · Family Lycoperdaceae · Updated October 2026

305US records

27states

Augbusiest month

305 US records since 1883 (85 in the last 10 years)

Last seen Sep 30, 2025 (about 13 months ago) near Severn, Anne Arundel County, MD, 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 Wisconsin, and the busiest months are Aug, Oct 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, Oct, Sep.

Where it's recorded

State	Records	Latest sighting
New Jersey	191	Nov 3, 2019
Pennsylvania	23	Aug 15, 2021
Wisconsin	12	Aug 4, 1986
New York	12	Jul 30, 2022
Virginia	9	Jul 19, 2023
Illinois	8	Aug 26, 2023
North Carolina	5	Aug 11, 2024
Michigan	4	Aug 20, 1985
Indiana	4	Aug 16, 2023
Georgia	4	Jul 8, 2001
Colorado	4	Aug 23, 2008
Oklahoma	3	Oct 17, 2012

Top counties

Sussex County, NJ (36) · latest Sep 28, 2019
Ocean County, NJ (29) · latest Oct 26, 2019
Mercer County, NJ (23) · latest May 4, 2019
Morris County, NJ (22) · latest Jul 20, 2019
Burlington County, NJ (19) · latest Oct 6, 2018
Hunterdon County, NJ (15) · latest Aug 25, 2019
Monmouth County, NJ (13) · latest Aug 22, 2015
Middlesex County, NJ (12) · latest Aug 18, 2019
Bucks County, PA (11) · latest 2019
Warren County, NJ (11) · latest Jul 28, 2019

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