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Carnation Earthfan

Thelephora caryophyllea · Family Thelephoraceae · Updated October 2026

481US records

35states

Augbusiest month

481 US records since 1820 (89 in the last 10 years)

Last seen Nov 20, 2025 (about 11 months ago) near Port Angeles, Clallam County, WA, 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 California, 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	209	Nov 3, 2019
Pennsylvania	37	2019
California	35	Feb 9, 2025
Washington	31	Nov 20, 2025
New York	30	Oct 20, 1971
Minnesota	15	Aug 25, 1999
Colorado	12	Aug 15, 2015
Idaho	11	Sep 18, 1939
Oregon	11	Oct 12, 2018
Alaska	10	Sep 2, 2024
Vermont	10	Jul 20, 1906
Massachusetts	8	Jul 31, 1915

Top counties

Sussex County, NJ (36) · latest Sep 28, 2019
Ocean County, NJ (31) · latest Oct 26, 2019
Mercer County, NJ (29) · 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
Tompkins County, NY (13) · latest Sep 4, 1952
Monmouth County, NJ (13) · latest Aug 22, 2015
Middlesex County, NJ (12) · latest Aug 18, 2019
Gloucester County, NJ (11) · latest Sep 15, 2019

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