Mushrooms in Blount County, Tennessee
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
5,774mushroom records
1,376species recorded
Augbusiest month
5,774 records since 1900 (223 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 here:
Alkaline Mycena Mycena alcalina2 January records across all years
Usually recorded in February here:
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 February records since 2011
Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata2 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March here:
Amber Jelly Exidia recisa3 March records across all years
Barometer Earthstar Astraeus hygrometricus3 March records across all years
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus3 March records across all years
Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae2 March records across all years
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva2 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April here:
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae3 April records since 2011
Mycetinis opacus2 April records since 2011
Xeromphalina tenuipes2 April records since 2011
Fluted Bird's Nest Cyathus striatus2 April records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 April records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 April records since 2011
Sheathed Woodtuft Kuehneromyces marginellus2 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May here:
- Mycetinis opacus7 May records across all years
Common Collybia Gymnopus dryophilus6 May records across all years
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus4 May records across all years- Chromosera cyanophylla3 May records across all years
- Xeromphalina tenuipes3 May records across all years
Golden Waxy Cap Hygrocybe flavescens3 May records across all years
Purple-Spored Puffball Calvatia cyathiformis2 May records across all years- Collybia amabilipes2 May records across all years
Brown Hay Cap Panaeolina foenisecii2 May records across all years
Peeling Oysterling Crepidotus mollis2 May records across all years- Pholiota veris2 May records across all years
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus2 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June here:
Collybiopsis dichroa6 June records since 2011
Hydnum cuspidatum4 June records since 2011
Cross-Veined Troop Mushroom Xeromphalina kauffmanii2 June records since 2011
Common Funnel Infundibulicybe gibba2 June records since 2011
Deceiver Laccaria laccata2 June records since 2011
Berkeley's Polypore Bondarzewia berkeleyi2 June records since 2011
Golden Waxcap Hygrocybe chlorophana2 June records since 2011
Orange Spindle Clavulinopsis aurantiocinnabarina2 June records since 2011
Fuzzy Foot Xeromphalina campanella2 June records since 2011
Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipes2 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July here:
Stocking Webcap Cortinarius torvus4 July records since 2011- Hydnum cuspidatum3 July records since 2011
White Hedgehog Hydnum albidum3 July records since 2011
Split Fibrecap Pseudosperma rimosum3 July records since 2011- Boletus bicolor2 July records since 2011
Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei2 July records since 2011
Copper Brittlegill Russula decolorans2 July records since 2011
Clitocybe eccentrica2 July records since 2011
Corrugated-Cap Milky Lactarius corrugis2 July records since 2011
Mallocybe unicolor2 July records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune2 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
- Orange Spindle Clavulinopsis aurantiocinnabarina3 August records since 2011
American Slippery Jack Suillus americanus3 August records since 2011- Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei3 August records since 2011
Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioides2 August records since 2011
Gerronema strombodes2 August records since 2011
Destroying Angel Amanita bisporigera2 August records since 2011
American Floury Amanita Amanita farinosa2 August records since 2011
Lentaria byssiseda2 August records since 2011
Aniseed Funnel Clitocybe odora2 August records since 2011
Carrot-Footed Lepidella Amanita daucipes2 August records since 2011
Conifercone Cap Baeospora myosura2 August records since 2011
Helvellosebacina concrescens2 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus4 September records since 2011
Honey Fungus Armillaria mellea3 September records since 2011
Albomagister subaustralis3 September records since 2011- Skvortzovia furfuracea3 September records since 2011
- American Floury Amanita Amanita farinosa2 September records since 2011
- American Slippery Jack Suillus americanus2 September records since 2011
False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata2 September records since 2011
Bear's Head Tooth Hericium americanum2 September records since 2011- Perenniporia ellipsospora2 September records since 2011
- Penttilamyces romellii2 September records since 2011
Hyphodontia pallidula2 September records since 2011- Neoantrodia serialiformis2 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
Pinkmottle Woodwax Hygrophorus russula2 October records since 2011- Gloeoporellus merulinus2 October records since 2011
- Fluted Bird's Nest Cyathus striatus2 October records since 2011
Brick Cap Hypholoma lateritium2 October records since 2011- Hydnum subolympicum2 October records since 2011
Umbilicate Hedgehog Hydnum umbilicatum2 October records since 2011
The Gypsy Cortinarius caperatus2 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November here:
Red-Brown Trich Tricholoma pessundatum5 November records across all years
Hygrophorus fuligineus5 November records across all years- Hydnum subconnatum4 November records across all years
Orange Moss Navel Rickenella fibula3 November records across all years
Pine Spikes Chroogomphus vinicolor3 November records across all years
Dirty Tricholoma Tricholoma terreum3 November records across all years
White Green-Algae Coral Multiclavula mucida3 November records across all years- American Slippery Jack Suillus americanus2 November records across all years
Bitter Waxcap Hygrocybe mucronella2 November records across all years- Hygrophorus paludosus2 November records across all years
Clitocybe subditopoda2 November records across all years
Bleeding Tooth Fungus Hydnellum peckii2 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December here:
Blistered Woodwax Hygrophorus pustulatus3 December records across all years
Entoloma mammosum3 December records across all years
Orange Knight Tricholoma aurantium2 December records across all years- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata2 December records across all years
- Pinkmottle Woodwax Hygrophorus russula2 December records across all years
Velvet Shank Flammulina velutipes2 December records across all years
Pinelitter Gingertail Xeromphalina cauticinalis2 December records across all years
Hygrophorus gliocyclus2 December records across all years- Brick Cap Hypholoma lateritium2 December records across all years
- Pseudoomphalina cokeri2 December records across all years
Wood Blewit Lepista nuda2 December records across all years
Calostoma ravenelii2 December records across all years
⚠ 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.
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39 | |
| 2 | 34 | |
| 3 | 31 | |
| 4 | 31 | |
| 5 | 26 | |
| 6 | 25 | |
| 7 | 23 | |
| 8 | 23 | |
| 9 | 23 | |
| 10 | 23 | |
| 11 | 21 | |
| 12 | 20 | |
| 13 | 20 | |
| 14 | 20 | |
| 15 | 19 |
Being on this list doesn't mean a mushroom is common, easy to identify or safe. It only means it has been recorded here often.
Best months to look
Records by month, all years. Busiest: Aug, Jul, Sep.
Sightings map
● Each dot is a place with at least one record (rounded to about 1 km). Locations can be approximate, and many are on private land. Numbered blue circles are recent sightings, shown only to a general area of about 10 km.
Recent sightings
The 10 most recent dated records in this county, newest first. Data as of October 26, 2026. Records can take weeks or more to reach GBIF, so the newest finds may not show yet. Places are given only as a public park or forest (from the USGS Protected Areas Database) or the nearest town, and the numbered circles on the map cover a general area, not an exact spot.
- 1
Oct 2, 2026Byssomerulius incarnatusnear Maryville, TN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 2
Sep 26, 2026Bradley Lactifluus volemusin Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 3Sep 10, 2026Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureusin Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4Sep 8, 2026Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureusin Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 5
Aug 27, 2026Fistulina americananear Maryville, TN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 6
Aug 17, 2026Scaly Chanterelle Turbinellus floccosusin Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 7
Jun 27, 2026Peach-Colored Fly Agaric Amanita persicinanear Townsend, TN (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 8
- 9Jun 22, 2026Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipesin Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 10Jun 19, 2026Ornate-Stalked Bolete Retiboletus ornatipesnear Townsend, TN (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
Many sightings are on private land. Always get the landowner's permission, and follow the rules of parks and forests, which often limit or ban collecting.
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How we built this page
5,774 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 5,539 CC0 and 235 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.