Mushrooms in Montgomery County, Virginia
Updated October 2026 · from open GBIF records
2,543mushroom records
797species recorded
Sepbusiest month
2,543 records since 1900 (123 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:
Brown American Star-Footed Amanita Amanita brunnescens20 January records since 2011
Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioides15 January records since 2011
Funnel Chanterelle Craterellus tubaeformis11 January records since 2011
Usually recorded in February here:
Scurfy Twiglet Tubaria furfuracea7 February records across all years
Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus3 February records across all years
Oak Curtain Crust Hymenochaete rubiginosa2 February records across all years- Galerina naucorioides2 February records across all years
Mycena semivestipes2 February records across all years
Usually recorded in March here:
Jelly Ear Auricularia auricula-judae2 March records across all years- Scurfy Twiglet Tubaria furfuracea2 March records across all years
Gelatinous Stalked Puffball Calostoma cinnabarinum2 March records across all years- Tubaria romagnesiana2 March records across all years
Usually recorded in April here:
Glistening Ink-Cap Coprinellus micaceus3 April records across all years
Golden Bracket Fuscoporia gilva2 April records across all years
Usually recorded in May here:
Common Fieldcap Agrocybe pediades12 May records across all years
Agrocybe smithii10 May records across all years
Spring Fieldcap Agrocybe praecox8 May records across all years
Gymnopus semihirtipes6 May records across all years
Bearded Fieldcap Agrocybe molesta5 May records across all years
Gymnopus subsulphureus5 May records across all years- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus4 May records across all years
- Glistening Ink-Cap Coprinellus micaceus4 May records across all years
Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus4 May records across all years
Clustered Domecap Lyophyllum decastes3 May records across all years
Pale Brittlestem Candolleomyces candolleanus3 May records across all years
Lilac Oysterling Panus conchatus3 May records across all years
Usually recorded in June here:
Common Collybia Gymnopus dryophilus7 June records across all years- Common Fieldcap Agrocybe pediades6 June records across all years
Gymnopus earleae5 June records across all years
Candy Cap Lactarius camphoratus3 June records across all years
Ruby Bolete Hortiboletus rubellus3 June records across all years
Marasmiellus praeacutus3 June records across all years- Gymnopus subsulphureus3 June records across all years
Collybiopsis subnuda3 June records across all years
Crown-Tipped Coral Artomyces pyxidatus2 June records across all years
Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus2 June records across all years
European Platterful Mushroom Megacollybia platyphylla2 June records across all years
Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria2 June records across all years
Usually recorded in July here:
Phanerochaete burtii2 July records since 2011
Yellow Unicorn Entoloma Entoloma murrayi2 July records since 2011
Cecilia's Ringless Amanita Amanita ceciliae2 July records since 2011- Fungi Pallidohirschioporus biformis2 July records since 2011
- Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioides2 July records since 2011
Gerronema strombodes2 July records since 2011- Collybiopsis subnuda2 July records since 2011
Usually recorded in August here:
- Black Trumpet Craterellus cornucopioides2 August records since 2011
Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudens2 August records since 2011
Shaggy-Stalked Bolete Aureoboletus betula2 August records since 2011
False Caesar's Mushroom Amanita parcivolvata2 August records since 2011
Reddening Lepiota Leucoagaricus americanus2 August records since 2011
Fluted Bird's Nest Cyathus striatus2 August records since 2011
Usually recorded in September here:
Destroying Angel Amanita virosa7 September records across all years
Turkeytail Trametes versicolor6 September records across all years
Lulesia mundula6 September records across all years- Brown American Star-Footed Amanita Amanita brunnescens5 September records across all years
Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum5 September records across all years
Earthy Powdercap Cystoderma amianthinum5 September records across all years- Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosus5 September records across all years
Potato Earthball Scleroderma bovista4 September records across all years
Smoothish-Stemmed Bolete Hemileccinum subglabripes4 September records across all years
Curtis's Puffball Lycoperdon curtisii4 September records across all years
Silvery-Violet Cort Cortinarius alboviolaceus4 September records across all years- Collybiopsis subnuda4 September records across all years
Usually recorded in October here:
Dirty Tricholoma Tricholoma terreum8 October records across all years
American Slippery Jack Suillus americanus6 October records across all years
Alcohol Inky Cap Coprinopsis atramentaria5 October records across all years
Lepista tarda5 October records across all years
Brain Puffball Calvatia craniiformis5 October records across all years
Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus5 October records across all years- Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria5 October records across all years
- Stump Puffball Lycoperdon pyriforme5 October records across all years
Chlorine Lepidella Amanita chlorinosma4 October records across all years
Leucocoprinus leucothites4 October records across all years
Clitocybe candicans4 October records across all years
Slippery Jack Suillus luteus4 October records across all years
Usually recorded in November here:
Wood Blewit Lepista nuda5 November records across all years- Dirty Tricholoma Tricholoma terreum5 November records across all years
- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus3 November records across all years
Collared Earthstar Geastrum triplex2 November records across all years- Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus2 November records across all years
- American Slippery Jack Suillus americanus2 November records across all years
- Chroogomphus jamaicensis2 November records across all years
- Brain Puffball Calvatia craniiformis2 November records across all years
- Atractosporocybe inornata2 November records across all years
Brownish Chroogomphus Chroogomphus rutilus2 November records across all years- Pholiota tennesseensis2 November records across all years
Coalman Tricholoma portentosum2 November records across all years
Usually recorded in December here:
Herald Of Winter Hygrophorus hypothejus3 December records across all years- Dirty Tricholoma Tricholoma terreum2 December records across all years
Needle Bonnet Mycena clavicularis2 December records across all years
Deceiver Laccaria laccata2 December records across all years- Oyster Mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus2 December records across all years
Bloody Brittlegill Russula sanguinea2 December records across all years- Turkeytail Trametes versicolor2 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 | 28 | |
| 2 | 22 | |
| 3 | 19 | |
| 4 | 19 | |
| 5 | 19 | |
| 6 | 17 | |
| 7 | 16 | |
| 8 | 15 | |
| 9 | 15 | |
| 10 | 14 | |
| 11 | 14 | |
| 12 | 13 | |
| 13 | 13 | |
| 14 | 12 | |
| 15 | 12 |
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, Oct, Jul.
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 5, 2026Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosusnear Prices Fork, VA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 2Aug 30, 2026Jack O Lantern Omphalotus illudensin Jefferson National Forest, VA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 3Aug 10, 2026Fluted Bird's Nest Cyathus striatusnear Radford, VA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 4
Jul 30, 2026Asian Beauty Radulomyces copelandiinear Shawsville, VA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 5
Jul 25, 2026Blue Lactarius Lactarius indigoin Jefferson National Forest, VA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 6
Jul 25, 2026Byssomerulius incarnatusin Jefferson National Forest, VA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 7
Jul 24, 2026Protohydnum albumnear Blacksburg, VA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 8May 9, 2026Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosusnear Merrimac, VA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record
- 9
May 9, 2026Chicken Of The Woods Laetiporus sulphureusnear Merrimac, VA · iNaturalist photo, research grade · original record - 10Apr 26, 2026Dryad's Saddle Cerioporus squamosusnear Blacksburg, VA · 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
2,543 records of mushrooms, shelf fungi and polypores (class Agaricomycetes) that fall inside this county's Census boundary. Licenses: 2,255 CC0 and 288 CC BY 4.0. See about the data for the full citation.