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Mushrooms in Virginia
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
19,903mushroom records
37county pages
Sepbusiest month
19,903 records since 1821 (11,044 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:
Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii27 January records since 2011
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor25 January records since 2011
Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata22 January records since 2011
Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum22 January records since 2011
Brown American Star-Footed Amanita Amanita brunnescens20 January records since 2011
Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus19 January records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus18 January records since 2011
Mock Oyster Mushroom Phyllotopsis nidulans18 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor40 February records since 2011
- Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii28 February records since 2011
Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune24 February records since 2011- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum19 February records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus19 February records since 2011
Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa17 February records since 2011- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata10 February records since 2011
White Green-Algae Coral Multiclavula mucida10 February records since 2011
Usually recorded in March in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor42 March records since 2011
- Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii40 March records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune24 March records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa14 March records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus13 March records since 2011
Ceramic Parchment Xylobolus frustulatus11 March records since 2011
Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinum11 March records since 2011
False Turkeytail Stereum lobatum10 March records since 2011
Usually recorded in April in this state:
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus50 April records since 2011- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor41 April records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa17 April records since 2011
Diamond Polypore Neofavolus alveolaris17 April records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis16 April records since 2011
- Crowded Parchment Stereum complicatum15 April records since 2011
- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune14 April records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus12 April records since 2011
Usually recorded in May in this state:
- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus42 May records since 2011
Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus31 May records since 2011
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus28 May records since 2011
Protohydnum album28 May records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune21 May records since 2011
Hemlock Varnish Shelf Ganoderma tsugae18 May records since 2011
Xeromphalina tenuipes16 May records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis15 May records since 2011
Usually recorded in June in this state:
- Protohydnum album30 June records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus28 June records since 2011
False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata24 June records since 2011
Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei20 June records since 2011- Common Porecrust, Split Gill Fungus Schizophyllum commune19 June records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus19 June records since 2011
Jellied False Coral Sebacina schweinitzii15 June records since 2011
Eastern American Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia rodmanii14 June records since 2011
Usually recorded in July in this state:
- False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata51 July records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus43 July records since 2011
- Protohydnum album38 July records since 2011
Painted Suillus Suillus spraguei32 July records since 2011
Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus30 July records since 2011- Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei29 July records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus26 July records since 2011
Gerronema strombodes22 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August in this state:
- False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata67 August records since 2011
- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus52 August records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor49 August records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus43 August records since 2011
- Cinnabar Chanterelle Cantharellus cinnabarinus43 August records since 2011
- Black-Staining Polypore Meripilus sumstinei42 August records since 2011
Shaggy-Stalked Bolete Aureoboletus betula30 August records since 2011
Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa29 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September in this state:
- Ringless Honey Mushroom Desarmillaria caespitosa76 September records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus52 September records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor38 September records since 2011
Byssomerulius incarnatus34 September records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens28 September records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus26 September records since 2011
Honey Fungus Armillaria mellea25 September records since 2011- Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus23 September records since 2011
Usually recorded in October in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor62 October records since 2011
- Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureus54 October records since 2011
Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme52 October records since 2011
Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa46 October records since 2011
Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum41 October records since 2011
Bearded Tooth Hericium erinaceus40 October records since 2011
Hen Of The Woods Grifola frondosa38 October records since 2011- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus36 October records since 2011
Usually recorded in November in this state:
- Pear-Shaped Puffball Apioperdon pyriforme49 November records since 2011
- Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa39 November records since 2011
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor28 November records since 2011
- Bearded Tooth Hericium erinaceus24 November records since 2011
- Late Fall Polypore Ischnoderma resinosum19 November records since 2011
- Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii19 November records since 2011
- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata18 November records since 2011
- Lumpy Bracket Trametes gibbosa18 November records since 2011
Usually recorded in December in this state:
- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor47 December records since 2011
- Jelly Rot Phlebia tremellosa37 December records since 2011
- Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandii35 December records since 2011
- Birch Mazegill, Gilled Polypore Lenzites betulinus27 December records since 2011
- Bitter Oysterling Panellus stipticus25 December records since 2011
- Byssomerulius incarnatus20 December records since 2011
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus18 December records since 2011- Deadly Galerina Galerina marginata18 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: Sep, Aug, Oct.
Counties
Counties with fewer than 100 records (92) are listed here without their own page.
| County | Records |
|---|---|
| Fairfax County | 3,583 |
| Montgomery County | 2,543 |
| Wise County | 1,747 |
| Giles County | 1,612 |
| Arlington County | 851 |
| Warren County | 520 |
| Norton city | 460 |
| Prince William County | 431 |
| Scott County | 345 |
| Loudoun County | 328 |
| Falls Church city | 314 |
| Lee County | 309 |
| Lancaster County | 281 |
| Albemarle County | 249 |
| Goochland County | 226 |
| Highland County | 225 |
| Botetourt County | 222 |
| Lynchburg city | 217 |
| Page County | 216 |
| Augusta County | 207 |
| Chesterfield County | 202 |
| Dickenson County | 197 |
| Craig County | 192 |
| Smyth County | 187 |
| Richmond city | 184 |
| Rappahannock County | 160 |
| Rockbridge County | 158 |
| Madison County | 148 |
| Bedford County | 136 |
| Shenandoah County | 134 |
| Fauquier County | 123 |
| Buckingham County | 122 |
| Grayson County | 113 |
| Virginia Beach city | 108 |
| Pulaski County | 107 |
| Frederick County | 105 |
| Accomack County | 102 |
| Clarke County | 99 |
| Fairfax city | 98 |
| Bath County | 94 |
| Hanover County | 94 |
| Henrico County | 92 |
| Nelson County | 84 |
| Roanoke County | 76 |
| Northumberland County | 76 |
| Chesapeake city | 70 |
| Floyd County | 69 |
| Petersburg city | 69 |
| James City County | 68 |
| Franklin County | 61 |
| Orange County | 58 |
| Norfolk city | 55 |
| Washington County | 54 |
| Newport News city | 52 |
| Westmoreland County | 50 |
| Rockingham County | 49 |
| Stafford County | 48 |
| King George County | 47 |
| Prince Edward County | 45 |
| Louisa County | 44 |
| Halifax County | 43 |
| Williamsburg city | 42 |
| Russell County | 35 |
| Patrick County | 34 |
| King and Queen County | 34 |
| Charlotte County | 33 |
| Alexandria city | 33 |
| Northampton County | 30 |
| Charlottesville city | 30 |
| New Kent County | 29 |
| Roanoke city | 29 |
| Powhatan County | 28 |
| York County | 27 |
| Mecklenburg County | 27 |
| Amherst County | 26 |
| King William County | 25 |
| Spotsylvania County | 24 |
| Tazewell County | 22 |
| Wythe County | 22 |
| Alleghany County | 22 |
| Greene County | 22 |
| Carroll County | 19 |
| Cumberland County | 19 |
| Bland County | 18 |
| Dinwiddie County | 18 |
| Suffolk city | 16 |
| Pittsylvania County | 16 |
| Culpeper County | 15 |
| Appomattox County | 14 |
| Charles City County | 14 |
| Harrisonburg city | 13 |
| Prince George County | 12 |
| Bristol city | 12 |
| Franklin city | 11 |
| Essex County | 11 |
| Caroline County | 10 |
| Henry County | 10 |
| Middlesex County | 10 |
| Isle of Wight County | 9 |
| Portsmouth city | 7 |
| Salem city | 7 |
| Fluvanna County | 7 |
| Gloucester County | 7 |
| Waynesboro city | 6 |
| Staunton city | 6 |
| Emporia city | 6 |
| Hopewell city | 6 |
| Lexington city | 5 |
| Radford city | 5 |
| Winchester city | 5 |
| Surry County | 5 |
| Fredericksburg city | 5 |
| Hampton city | 5 |
| Richmond County | 5 |
| Danville city | 4 |
| Sussex County | 4 |
| Manassas city | 4 |
| Southampton County | 4 |
| Campbell County | 3 |
| Nottoway County | 3 |
| Lunenburg County | 3 |
| Amelia County | 2 |
| Buchanan County | 2 |
| Manassas Park city | 2 |
| Galax city | 1 |
| Martinsville city | 1 |
| Covington city | 1 |
| Brunswick County | 1 |
| Poquoson city | 1 |
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