Found near Orlando · September
What people actually find here
389 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.
Acorns177 records within 40 km this month
Elderberries27 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
Wandering Creamsicle
Marasmius vagus
57 records nearby
Christmas lichen
Herpothallon rubrocinctum
55 records nearby
Hairy Hexagonia
Hexagonia hydnoides
43 records nearby
flowerpot parasol
Leucocoprinus birnbaumii
31 records nearby
Favolus brasiliensis
Favolus brasiliensis
24 records nearby
Evans' Deer Moss
Cladonia evansii
23 records nearby
snow fungus
Tremella fuciformis
22 records nearby
golden reishi
Ganoderma curtisii
19 records nearby
Exobasidium ferrugineae
Exobasidium ferrugineae
16 records nearby
Ringless Honey Mushroom
Desarmillaria caespitosa
16 records nearby
Ravenel's stinkhorn
Phallus ravenelii
13 records nearby
Gymnopus iocephalus
Gymnopus iocephalus
13 records nearby
Plants
American beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
441 records nearby
White beggarticks
Bidens alba
216 records nearby
Spanish moss
Tillandsia usneoides
169 records nearby
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Your woods
What's growing around Orlando
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
- hackberry
- cherry
Know these first
What can hurt you around Orlando in September
5 species on our hazard list have been recorded near here this month, 1 of which can kill a healthy adult. Learn these before you learn anything you intend to eat.
- Can kill3 records nearby
Eastern destroying angel
Amanita bisporigera
- Mistaken for
- Button mushrooms, meadow mushrooms, and young puffballs picked before they open.
- How to tell
- Pure white gills that never turn pink or brown, and a sac-like cup at the very base of the stem — it sits below the soil, so you have to dig the whole mushroom up to see it. A puffball cut in half is solid white throughout; a young destroying angel shows the outline of a mushroom inside.
- What it does
- Amatoxins destroy the liver. You feel fine for six to twelve hours, then violently ill, then apparently better — that false recovery is the liver failing. One cap is a lethal dose for an adult.
- Hospital82 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.
Next
What to start watching for
Coming into season in the next month or two near Orlando, Florida. Seasons shift a week or two with the weather, so treat these as things to keep an eye on rather than dates.
