Found near Miami · September
What people actually find here
303 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.
Dangerous look-alikeSea grape133 records within 40 km this month
Acorns29 records within 40 km this month
Purslane23 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
Wiffle Ball Stinkhorn
Clathrus crispus
135 records nearby
Flamingo Chanterelle
Cantharellus coccolobae
50 records nearby
Your woods
What's growing around Miami
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.
- oak
- pine
- maple
Know these first
What can hurt you around Miami in September
3 species on our hazard list have been recorded near here this month. Learn these before you learn anything you intend to eat.
- Hospital54 records 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.
- Hospital52 records 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
Common earthball
Scleroderma citrinum
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What to start watching for
Coming into season in the next month or two near Miami, Florida. Seasons shift a week or two with the weather, so treat these as things to keep an eye on rather than dates.
