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Hard's Stropharia

Stropharia hardii · Family Strophariaceae · Updated October 2026

327US records

20states

Augbusiest month

327 US records since 1906 (107 in the last 10 years)

Last seen Jul 4, 2026 (about 4 months ago) near Rennerdale, Allegheny County, PA, 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 North Carolina, and the busiest months are Aug, Oct 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, Oct, Jul.

Where it's recorded

State	Records	Latest sighting
New Jersey	192	Nov 3, 2019
Pennsylvania	29	Jul 4, 2026
North Carolina	23	Jul 11, 2020
West Virginia	17	Oct 6, 2011
Tennessee	15	Aug 19, 2017
Indiana	11	Oct 30, 2023
Virginia	8	Aug 12, 2024
New York	8	Sep 25, 2021
Massachusetts	5	Sep 16, 2021
Maryland	4	Oct 19, 2020
Texas	3	Jun 19, 2018
Kentucky	2	Sep 4, 2019

Top counties

Sussex County, NJ (36) · latest Sep 28, 2019
Ocean County, NJ (29) · latest Oct 26, 2019
Mercer County, NJ (24) · 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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