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Which mushroom, which month?

How verified records spread over the year; darker cell = more records that month.

This month Oct · East and Southeast

  1. Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)Fly agaricAmanita muscaria3
  2. Tiger sawgill (Lentinus tigrinus)Tiger sawgillLentinus tigrinus2
  3. Poplar fieldcap (Cyclocybe cylindracea)Poplar fieldcapCyclocybe cylindracea2
  4. Splitgill mushroom (Schizophyllum commune)Splitgill mushroomSchizophyllum commune1
  5. Shaggy mane (Coprinus comatus)Shaggy maneCoprinus comatus1
Splitgill mushroom (Schizophyllum commune) Splitgill mushroomSchizophyllum commune 6
Shaggy mane (Coprinus comatus) Shaggy maneCoprinus comatus 6
Red-cage fungus (Clathrus ruber) Red-cage fungusClathrus ruber 0
Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) Fly agaricAmanita muscaria 3
Jelly ear (Auricularia auricula-judae) Jelly earAuricularia auricula-judae 0
Turkey-tail (Trametes versicolor) Turkey-tailTrametes versicolor 0
Blewit (Collybia nuda) BlewitCollybia nuda 11
Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) ReishiGanoderma lucidum 0
Parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) Parasol mushroomMacrolepiota procera 0
Caesar’s mushroom (Amanita caesarea) Caesar’s mushroomAmanita caesarea 0
Honey mushroom (Armillaria mellea) Honey mushroomArmillaria mellea 0
Stubble rosegill (Volvopluteus gloiocephalus) Stubble rosegillVolvopluteus gloiocephalus 1
Mycena seynii (Mycena seynii) Mycena seyniiMycena seynii 0
Hairy curtain crust (Stereum hirsutum) Hairy curtain crustStereum hirsutum 0
Panthercap (Amanita pantherina) PanthercapAmanita pantherina 0
Magpie inkcap (Coprinopsis picacea) Magpie inkcapCoprinopsis picacea 0
Saffron milk cap (Lactarius deliciosus) Saffron milk capLactarius deliciosus 1
Common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) Common stinkhornPhallus impudicus 0
Sulphur tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare) Sulphur tuftHypholoma fasciculare 0
Pale brittlestem (Candolleomyces candolleanus) Pale brittlestemCandolleomyces candolleanus 2
Chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) Chicken of the woodsLaetiporus sulphureus 0
Blusher (Amanita rubescens) BlusherAmanita rubescens 0
Death cap (Amanita phalloides) Death capAmanita phalloides 0
Common puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) Common puffballLycoperdon perlatum 0
Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) Oyster mushroomPleurotus ostreatus 0
Mica cap (Coprinellus micaceus) Mica capCoprinellus micaceus 0
Sooty cup (Dissingia leucomelaena) Sooty cupDissingia leucomelaena 12
Grey knight (Tricholoma terreum) Grey knightTricholoma terreum 1
Hoof fungus (Fomes fomentarius) Hoof fungusFomes fomentarius 0
Tiger sawgill (Lentinus tigrinus) Tiger sawgillLentinus tigrinus 2
Mucidula mucida (Mucidula mucida) Mucidula mucidaMucidula mucida 0
Common bird's nest fungus (Crucibulum laeve) Common bird's nest fungusCrucibulum laeve 0
Green russula (Russula virescens) Green russulaRussula virescens 0
Beefsteak polypore (Fistulina hepatica) Beefsteak polyporeFistulina hepatica 0
White saddle (Helvella crispa) White saddleHelvella crispa 0
Poplar fieldcap (Cyclocybe cylindracea) Poplar fieldcapCyclocybe cylindracea 3
Cedar cup (Geopora sumneriana) Cedar cupGeopora sumneriana 1
Dryad's saddleCerioporus squamosus 1
Cushion bracketPhellinus pomaceus 0
Cloudy clitocybe (Clitocybe nebularis) Cloudy clitocybeClitocybe nebularis 0
Giant polypore (Meripilus giganteus) Giant polyporeMeripilus giganteus 0
Red-banded polypore (Fomitopsis pinicola) Red-banded polyporeFomitopsis pinicola 0
Ganoderma resinaceum (Ganoderma resinaceum) Ganoderma resinaceumGanoderma resinaceum 0
Field bird's nest fungus (Cyathus olla) Field bird's nest fungusCyathus olla 1
Yellow foot (Craterellus lutescens) Yellow footCraterellus lutescens 0
Hygroscopic earthstar (Astraeus hygrometricus) Hygroscopic earthstarAstraeus hygrometricus 0
Scurfy twiglet (Tubaria furfuracea) Scurfy twigletTubaria furfuracea 0
Tawny funnel cap (Paralepista flaccida) Tawny funnel capParalepista flaccida 0
European jack-o'-lantern (Omphalotus olearius) European jack-o'-lanternOmphalotus olearius 0
Horn-of-plenty (Craterellus cornucopioides) Horn-of-plentyCraterellus cornucopioides 0
Smoky polypore (Bjerkandera adusta) Smoky polyporeBjerkandera adusta 1
Common fieldcap (Agrocybe pediades) Common fieldcapAgrocybe pediades 1
Rosy navel (Contumyces rosellus) Rosy navelContumyces rosellus 0
Suillus collinitus (Suillus collinitus) Suillus collinitusSuillus collinitus 0
Tufted bracket (Fuscoporia torulosa) Tufted bracketFuscoporia torulosa 0
Witch's hatHygrocybe conica 1
Amanita vittadinii (Amanita vittadinii) Amanita vittadiniiAmanita vittadinii 0
Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius) ChanterelleCantharellus cibarius 0
Spring polyporeLentinus arcularius 0
Trooping crumble cap (Coprinellus disseminatus) Trooping crumble capCoprinellus disseminatus 0
Number of records (GBIF + iNaturalist, selected region) Season, from the species page in our guide (sources listed there) Edible Poisonous Deadly Unknown

"This month" numbers are records made in this month in past years; not a promise for this year.

The calendar lists 60 species with at least 8 dated records (3 for key edible and poisonous species). Edibility is only shown for species with a page in our guide; the rest are "unknown". Records from 1882 to 2026.

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Data sources and licences

Observations from GBIF.org (human observations and herbarium specimens; records flagged with geospatial issues excluded) and iNaturalist research-grade records, retrieved 26 October 2026. Macrofungi only (Agaricomycetes, Pezizomycetes), named to species. Every point links to its own record, with the recorder and licence (CC0, CC BY, CC BY-NC).

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Province centres: Wikidata. Region comes from the record's GADM province, or the nearest province centre when missing. For protected species (iNaturalist "threatened" or IUCN VU/EN/CR) locations are rounded to ~10 km; locations obscured by iNaturalist are marked "approximate".

An observation shows that a mushroom was seen there on that day, not that it is there now or that it may be picked. Counts reflect how many people record fungi in an area more than how common a species is.