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Foraging calendar by state

Pick a state and a month to see what people there record at that time of year, from public iNaturalist and USA-NPN data. It is a calendar of records, not of what is safe.

Never eat anything based on this page or on the app. These tables show when people recorded these species in public datasets. They do not say anything is ripe, edible or safe, and they do not help identify a find. Confirm every find with a qualified local expert.

How this works

The records come from two public datasets: research-grade iNaturalist observations (people photograph a mushroom, or a plant with fruit, and the community agrees on the species) and USA National Phenology Network "ripe fruits" records from trained volunteers. They were retrieved on 2026-10-20.

A dark cell means a large share of that row's records fall in that month. Records follow people: they pile up on weekends, near cities and in good weather.

It is not an identification aid and not a ripeness or safety signal. Your own journal is the only calendar that is about your patches.

Across the US, by month

JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberMushroom season calendar

All states

Not listed: Hawaii, Nevada, North Dakota. Each has fewer than 3 species with 40+ public records, so no page was made.

Source and date

Counts are public records by calendar month, shown as a share of each row's busiest month. A record means someone reported the species that month; it says nothing about quantity, ripeness or safety. Records follow where and when people go out, so busy weekends and popular parks count more than remote ground.

iNaturalist
Research-grade observations, all 50 states, all years to 2026-10-20: mushrooms as all observations; fruit and nut plants as observations annotated "Fruits or Seeds". Retrieved 2026-10-20 from the iNaturalist API. inaturalist.org
USA-NPN
Nature's Notebook "Ripe fruits" phenophase status records, all 50 states, 2009–2025 (one record = one plant in one year, from first to last "yes"). Retrieved 2026-10-20 from the USA National Phenology Network data service, shown as a cross-check where a row has at least 8 records. usanpn.org
Rows
A state row appears with at least 40 records; a state page needs 3 rows; a month page needs 3 rows with records that month. Common names are the ones foragers use and are not an identification; the scientific name is the source's taxon.

Record what you find

Forager's Field Notes is a private journal: your own names, your own patches, stored only on your phone. Log a find and your own calendar builds itself, week by week, with a year wheel you can share and a field checklist for next month.

It never identifies species or judges edibility. Free to start, no account.

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