Mushrooms in Bennington County, Vermont
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:
Trametes trogii2 January records across all years
Too few past records in February here to list species.
Too few past records in March here to list species.
Too few past records in April here to list species.
Usually recorded in May here:
Red Belted Conk Fomitopsis pinicola5 May records across all years- Rhodofomes roseus3 May records across all years
Cystostereum murrayi3 May records across all years
Rusty Porecrust Fuscoporia ferruginosa3 May records across all years
Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius2 May records across all years
Elbowpatch Crust Fomitiporia punctata2 May records across all years- Acanthophysellum fennicum2 May records across all years
Red Tree Brain Fungus Peniophora rufa2 May records across all years
Laurilia sulcata2 May records across all years
Antrodia sinuosa2 May records across all years
Mossy Maze Polypore Cerrena unicolor2 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June here:
Willow Glue Hydnoporia tabacina5 June records across all years
Hardwood Trunk Rot Phellinus igniarius3 June records across all years
Orange Disco Aleurodiscus amorphus2 June records across all years
Glue Crust Fungus Hydnoporia corrugata2 June records across all years
Northern Cinnabar Polypore Trametes cinnabarina2 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July here:
American Caesar's Mushroom Amanita jacksonii5 July records across all years
Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum3 July records across all years
Goblet Waxcap Hygrocybe cantharellus2 July records across all years
Usually recorded in August here:
- Hoof Fungus Fomes fomentarius3 August records across all years
Entoloma luteum2 August records across all years
Collybiopsis dichroa2 August records across all years
Pseudotricholoma umbrosum2 August records across all years- Artist's Bracket Ganoderma applanatum2 August records across all years
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus2 August records across all years
Usually recorded in September here:
Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigo3 September records since 2011
Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum2 September records since 2011
Chippewa Bolete Boletus chippewaensis2 September records since 2011
Bear's Head Tooth Hericium americanum2 September records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 September records since 2011
Velvet Rollrim Tapinella atrotomentosa2 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October here:
Late Fall Oyster Mushroom Sarcomyxa serotina3 October records across all years
White-Rot Fungus Trametes pubescens2 October records across all years
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum2 October records across all years
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum2 October records across all years- Bear's Head Tooth Hericium americanum2 October records across all years
Too few past records in November here to list species.
Too few past records in December here to list species.
Most-recorded species
| # | Species | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | 7 | |
| 3 | 6 | |
| 4 | 6 | |
| 5 | 5 | |
| 6 | 5 | |
| 7 | 4 | |
| 8 | 4 | |
| 9 | 4 | |
| 10 | 4 | |
| 11 | 4 | |
| 12 | 4 | |
| 13 | 4 | |
| 14 | 4 | |
| 15 | 4 |
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: Sep, May, Aug.
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.
- 1Sep 13, 2026Bear's Head Tooth Hericium americanumnear Dorset, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 2
Sep 10, 2026Wood Blewit Lepista nudanear Woodford, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 3Sep 3, 2026Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigoin Shaftsbury State Park, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4
Sep 2, 2026Coral Tooth Hericium coralloidesnear Bennington, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 5
Jul 25, 2026Lactarius hygrophoroidesin Green Mountain National Forest, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 6
Jul 8, 2026Devil's Dipstick Mutinus elegansnear Arlington, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 7
Jul 6, 2026Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosusnear Bennington, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 8Sep 17, 2025Turkeytail Trametes versicolornear Manchester, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9
Aug 19, 2025Bay Polypore Picipes badiusnear Bennington, VT (location blurred by the observer) · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 10
Aug 19, 2025Yellow Gymnopilus Gymnopilus luteusin Emerald Lake State Park, VT · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
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How we built this page
268 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 170 CC0 and 98 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.