Mushroom calendar

When the trumpets of the dead are born: month by month

When they are found

When they are born the trumpets of the dead.

The season varies from one part of the world to another: here are all the regions compared, each with its own months.

Craterellus cornucopioides

The shape of the season in the United States and Canada, which is the region with the most observations (5,056).

January: 0.9% of observationsGFebruary: 0.3% of observationsFMarch: 0.1% of observationsMApril: 0.4% of observationsAMay: 2.8% of observationsMJune: 7.5% of observationsGJuly: 23% of observationsLAugust: 33% of observations33%ASeptember: 20% of observationsSOctober: 11% of observationsONovember: 1.2% of observationsNDecember: 0.2% of observationsD
Month-by-month observation rate. August stands out, as the month with the most documented finds.

Region by region

RegionThey are foundMaximumObservations
United States and Canada From July to October August 5.056
Scandinavia From August to October September 4,284
Central Europe From August to October October 1.975
France From August to December October 646
Australia and New Zealand From March to November May 355
Spain From August to December October 322
United Kingdom and Ireland From September to November October 272
Italy From September to November October 148
Northern Italy From September to November October 104

The grey lines have few public comments: the month indicated is indicative, and there is no dedicated page.

Because every year is different

  • The season opens with rain: after a heavy rain, with the soil still warm, it takes one or two weeks.
  • In mountain It begins earlier and ends earlier than on the plain, and the same is true for the northern slopes.
  • A'dry summer It pushes it forward, sometimes by weeks. A mild autumn lengthens it.

The calendar says the months. Which day, in your forest, this year, the rain that fell there tells you: MushScout follows it day by day and tells you when it's time.

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Data: GBIF.org — GBIF.org, observations with coordinates 2011-2025, counts by month (facet). The observations say when people have documented a find, not how many mushrooms there were.

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