Found near Brownsville · September
What people actually find here
210 species have been recorded within about 40 km of here in September, from verified public observations. These are the ones we have written up, ordered by how often they turn up.
Purslane4 records within 40 km this month
Dangerous look-alikeSea grape3 records within 40 km this month
Also out there, that we haven't written up yet
Recorded near you this month. We have no identification guidance for these, so treat them as a list of things to go and learn — from a regional key or someone who knows them — not as a list of things to pick.
Fungi
flowerpot parasol
Leucocoprinus birnbaumii
4 records nearby
Wiffle Ball Stinkhorn
Clathrus crispus
4 records nearby
Hairy Hexagonia
Hexagonia hydnoides
3 records nearby
Xylaria poitei
Xylaria poitei
2 records nearby
splitgill mushroom
Schizophyllum commune
1 record nearby
hare's foot inkcap
Coprinopsis lagopus
1 record nearby
Fragile Dapperling
Leucocoprinus fragilissimus
1 record nearby
Leucocoprinus tricolor
Leucocoprinus tricolor
1 record nearby
Crepidotus subfulviceps
Crepidotus subfulviceps
1 record nearby
Plants
Anacua
Ehretia anacua
30 records nearby
Tropical sage
Salvia coccinea
29 records nearby
Anacahuita
Cordia boissieri
28 records nearby
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Photographs and records from iNaturalist, used under their open licences and credited to their photographers.
Your woods
What's growing around Brownsville
The commonest trees recorded nearby, most often seen first. Most of the good mushrooms are tied to a particular tree, so this is the first thing to know about a wood.
- hackberry
- mulberry
- hickory
Know these first
What can hurt you around Brownsville in September
2 species on our hazard list have been recorded near here this month. Learn these before you learn anything you intend to eat.
- Hospital1 record nearby
Green-spored parasol
Chlorophyllum molybdites
- Mistaken for
- Shaggy parasol and true parasol mushroom, which it grows beside in lawns and parks.
- How to tell
- Take a spore print: this one is green, and its mature gills take on a dirty green tinge. Edible parasols print white.
- What it does
- The most common cause of mushroom poisoning in North America. Violent vomiting and diarrhoea for hours; rarely fatal but regularly hospitalising.
- Hospital1 record nearby
Poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
- Mistaken for
- Boxelder seedlings, Virginia creeper, and raspberry canes — it grows through everything worth picking.
- How to tell
- Three leaflets, the middle one on a longer stalk, and a hairy aerial rootlet on the climbing vine. Virginia creeper has five.
- What it does
- Urushiol causes a blistering rash for weeks. Burning it is far worse — the smoke carries it into the lungs.
These are recorded within about 40 km of here in this month, from verified public observations. It is not a complete list of what is dangerous — nothing is — and a species missing from it may still be in your woods. Never eat anything identified from a photograph and a description alone.
Next
What to start watching for
Coming into season in the next month or two near Brownsville, Texas. Seasons shift a week or two with the weather, so treat these as things to keep an eye on rather than dates.
