Mushrooms in Addison County, Vermont
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
920mushroom records
324species recorded
Octbusiest month
920 records since 1875 (90 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.
Too few past records in January here to list species.
Too few past records in February here to list species.
Usually recorded in March here:
- Cerioporus scutellatus9 March records across all years
Bleeding Conifer Crust Stereum sanguinolentum7 March records across all years
Crimped Gill Plicaturopsis crispa5 March records across all years
Snow-White Crust Plicatura nivea3 March records across all years- Alloexidiopsis calcea2 March records across all years
Silky Parchment Stereum striatum2 March records across all years
Crowded Cuplet Merismodes fasciculata2 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April here:
Glue Crust Fungus Hydnoporia corrugata3 April records across all years- Athelia scutellaris2 April records across all years
Conferticium ochraceum2 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May here:
- Acanthophysium oakesii2 May records across all years
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus2 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June here:
Gymnopus semihirtipes8 June records across all years
Powdered Duster Amylostereum chailletii3 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July here:
White Spindles Clavaria fragilis2 July records across all years- Coprinus quadrifidus2 July records across all years
Cinnamon Bracket Hapalopilus rutilans2 July records across all years
Steccherinum fimbriatum2 July records across all years
Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei2 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August here:
Clitocybula abundans13 August records across all years
Shadowy Oysterling Hohenbuehelia grisea12 August records across all years
Dyer's Mazegill Phaeolus schweinitzii11 August records across all years
Indigo Oyster Hohenbuehelia atrocoerulea10 August records across all years- Conocybe antipus6 August records across all years
Bladder Stalks Physalacria inflata5 August records across all years
Discrete Webcrust Mutatoderma mutatum4 August records across all years
Carnation Earthfan Thelephora caryophyllea4 August records across all years- Ginnsia viticola3 August records across all years
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor3 August records across all years
Enveloping Crust Sebacina incrustans2 August records across all years
Cinnamon Crust Hymenochaete cinnamomea2 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September here:
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus5 September records across all years- Conferticium ochraceum3 September records across all years
Corticium minnsiae3 September records across all years
Oak Mazegill Daedalea quercina3 September records across all years
Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigo3 September records across all years
Marchandiomyces corallinus3 September records across all years
Bleeding Oak Crust Stereum gausapatum2 September records across all years
Spicy Suillus Suillus punctipes2 September records across all years
Common Stump Brittlestem Psathyrella piluliformis2 September records across all years
Willow Glue Hydnoporia tabacina2 September records across all years- Tricholoma fuegianum2 September records across all years
- Pholiota carbonaria2 September records across all years
Usually recorded in October here:
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina10 October records across all years
Tomentella ferruginea9 October records across all years
Stringy Butt Rot Poriella subacida8 October records across all years
Milk-White Toothed Polypore Irpex lacteus6 October records across all years
Lopharia cinerascens5 October records across all years
Cystostereum murrayi5 October records across all years
Sooty Crust Hymenochaete fuliginosa5 October records across all years
Spreading Phlebia Phlebia radiata5 October records across all years- Serried Porecrust Neoantrodia serialis4 October records across all years
Baltazaria galactina4 October records across all years
Coral Tooth Hericium coralloides4 October records across all years- Rhodofomes carneus3 October records across all years
Usually recorded in November here:
Fragrant Bracket Trametes suaveolens15 November records across all years
Scarlet Splash Cytidia salicina15 November records across all years
Pine Bracket Porodaedalea pini7 November records across all years- Poria attenuata4 November records across all years
Rusty Porecrust Fuscoporia ferruginosa3 November records across all years- Stringy Butt Rot Poriella subacida3 November records across all years
Phellinopsis conchata3 November records across all years
Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius3 November records across all years
Purplepore Bracket Trichaptum abietinum2 November records across all years
Phellinus chrysoloma2 November records across all years- Antrodia albida2 November records across all years
- Intextomyces contiguus2 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December here:
Tree Bacon Punctularia strigosozonata8 December records across all years
Smoky Bracket Bjerkandera adusta5 December records across all years- Xylodon candidissimus4 December records across all years
Leucogyrophana mollusca3 December records across all years
Red Tree Brain Fungus Peniophora rufa3 December records across all years- Peniophora laminata2 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 | 19 | |
| 2 | 16 | |
| 3 | 14 | |
| 4 | 13 | |
| 5 | 12 | |
| 6 | 12 | |
| 7 | 12 | |
| 8 | 11 | |
| 9 | 10 | |
| 10 | 10 | |
| 11 | 10 | |
| 12 | 10 | |
| 13 | 9 | |
| 14 | 9 | |
| 15 | 9 |
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: Oct, Aug, 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 9 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
Aug 16, 2026Red Gyroporus Gyroporus purpurinusnear Orwell, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 2Aug 16, 2026Poronidulus conchifernear Orwell, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3Aug 12, 2026Turkeytail Trametes versicolornear Monkton, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4
Aug 11, 2026Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugaenear Whiting, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 5Aug 11, 2026Turkeytail Trametes versicolornear Whiting, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 6Jun 12, 2026Panus neostrigosusnear Granville, VT (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 7Mar 13, 2026Acanthophysium oakesiinear Leicester, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 8
Oct 18, 2025Hare'Sfoot Inkcap Coprinopsis lagopusnear Monkton, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 9Oct 18, 2025Spreading Phlebia Phlebia radiatanear Monkton, VT · 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
920 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 849 CC0 and 71 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.