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Mushrooms in Tennessee
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
24,658mushroom records
20county pages
Augbusiest month
24,658 records since 1886 (4,207 in the last 10 years)
Fruiting now
Based on past sightings (mostly since 2011; all years where recent records are few), not a forecast. Weather and place matter a lot, and a listing here says nothing about whether a mushroom is safe.
Usually recorded in January in this state:
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus9 January records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus8 January records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 January records since 2011
Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata6 January records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum6 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus10 February records across all years
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor8 February records across all years
Mock Oyster Mushroom Phyllotopsis nidulans7 February records across all years- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata7 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March in this state:
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune10 March records since 2011
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus9 March records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor7 March records since 2011
- Panus neostrigosus6 March records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme6 March records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus6 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April in this state:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus27 April records since 2011
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae16 April records since 2011- Pholiota carbonaria9 April records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune9 April records since 2011
Blackening Wax-Cap Hygrocybe conica7 April records since 2011
Narrow Entoloma Entoloma strictius6 April records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 April records since 2011
- Hebeloma nanum5 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
Protohydnum album17 May records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus15 May records since 2011- Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae13 May records since 2011
Devil's Dipstick Mutinus elegans12 May records since 2011
Xeromphalina tenuipes7 May records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune6 May records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus5 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
Collybiopsis dichroa15 June records since 2011
Cross-Veined Troop Mushroom Xeromphalina kauffmanii14 June records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus13 June records since 2011
Golden Spindles Clavulinopsis fusiformis11 June records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus9 June records since 2011
Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipes9 June records since 2011- Pholiota carbonaria8 June records since 2011
Jellied False Coral Sebacina schweinitzii7 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus15 July records since 2011
- Protohydnum album13 July records since 2011
- Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipes10 July records since 2011
Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigo10 July records since 2011
Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinum8 July records since 2011- Golden Spindles Clavulinopsis fusiformis8 July records since 2011
Velvet Rollrim Tapinella atrotomentosa8 July records since 2011
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei8 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus18 August records since 2011
Ivory Coral Ramariopsis kunzei14 August records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor14 August records since 2011
- Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigo13 August records since 2011
- Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipes11 August records since 2011
Shaggy-Stalked Bolete Aureoboletus betula11 August records since 2011
Bradley Lactifluus volemus9 August records since 2011
Lactarius hygrophoroides9 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor26 September records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus23 September records since 2011
Pale Oyster Pleurotus pulmonarius18 September records since 2011
Rosy Conk Rhodofomes cajanderi16 September records since 2011
Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum15 September records since 2011
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa15 September records since 2011
False Parasol Chlorophyllum molybdites14 September records since 2011
Pulveroboletus curtisii14 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor26 October records since 2011
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum19 October records since 2011- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme19 October records since 2011
- Stump Puffball Lycoperdon pyriforme13 October records since 2011
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa12 October records since 2011
Miller Clitopilus prunulus11 October records since 2011- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus11 October records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus11 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor15 November records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus12 November records since 2011
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme12 November records since 2011
Brick Cap Hypholoma lateritium10 November records since 2011
Glistening Ink-Cap Coprinellus micaceus9 November records since 2011- Rosy Conk Rhodofomes cajanderi8 November records since 2011
- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus7 November records since 2011
- Stump Puffball Lycoperdon pyriforme7 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor19 December records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata13 December records since 2011
- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus12 December records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune9 December records since 2011
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes8 December records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus7 December records since 2011
Byssomerulius incarnatus7 December records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum6 December records since 2011
⚠ 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.
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Ranked by how often each appears in county top-40 lists. This is a guide to what gets recorded, not to what is common or safe.
Best months to look
Records by month, all years. Busiest: Aug, Jul, Sep.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (71) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Sevier County | 6,846 |
| Blount County | 5,774 |
| Knox County | 4,893 |
| Cocke County | 1,119 |
| Anderson County | 964 |
| Campbell County | 535 |
| Shelby County | 429 |
| Hamilton County | 365 |
| Union County | 317 |
| Morgan County | 249 |
| Carter County | 237 |
| Monroe County | 232 |
| Unicoi County | 216 |
| Cumberland County | 186 |
| Fentress County | 138 |
| Roane County | 131 |
| Greene County | 124 |
| Davidson County | 108 |
| Marion County | 108 |
| Scott County | 104 |
| Cannon County | 90 |
| Sullivan County | 88 |
| Hamblen County | 85 |
| Pickett County | 69 |
| Johnson County | 63 |
| Loudon County | 62 |
| Washington County | 59 |
| Polk County | 53 |
| Van Buren County | 50 |
| Lincoln County | 50 |
| Putnam County | 48 |
| Rutherford County | 47 |
| Robertson County | 42 |
| Rhea County | 41 |
| Grainger County | 40 |
| Franklin County | 38 |
| Jefferson County | 36 |
| Hardeman County | 36 |
| Bradley County | 36 |
| Henderson County | 33 |
| Montgomery County | 31 |
| Fayette County | 31 |
| Dickson County | 30 |
| Grundy County | 29 |
| Williamson County | 29 |
| Claiborne County | 22 |
| Warren County | 22 |
| White County | 20 |
| Sequatchie County | 20 |
| Bledsoe County | 15 |
| Hawkins County | 15 |
| Overton County | 15 |
| Wilson County | 13 |
| Weakley County | 12 |
| McMinn County | 12 |
| McNairy County | 12 |
| Haywood County | 12 |
| Lewis County | 12 |
| Coffee County | 10 |
| Maury County | 9 |
| Tipton County | 8 |
| Jackson County | 8 |
| Lake County | 8 |
| Lauderdale County | 7 |
| Marshall County | 7 |
| DeKalb County | 7 |
| Humphreys County | 7 |
| Cheatham County | 7 |
| Giles County | 6 |
| Henry County | 6 |
| Carroll County | 6 |
| Meigs County | 6 |
| Hickman County | 5 |
| Lawrence County | 5 |
| Bedford County | 5 |
| Benton County | 5 |
| Madison County | 5 |
| Sumner County | 5 |
| Stewart County | 4 |
| Hancock County | 4 |
| Wayne County | 3 |
| Hardin County | 3 |
| Obion County | 3 |
| Chester County | 3 |
| Decatur County | 3 |
| Moore County | 3 |
| Dyer County | 2 |
| Perry County | 2 |
| Crockett County | 1 |
| Gibson County | 1 |
| Macon County | 1 |
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