Mushroom calendar

When drumsticks are born: month by month

When they are found

When they are born the drumsticks.

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

Macrolepiota procera

The shape of the season in Central Europe, which is the region with the most observations (10,340).

January: 0.0% of observationsGFebruary: 0.1% of observationsFMarch: 0.0% of observationsMApril: 0.0% of observationsAMay: 0.3% of observationsMJune: 2.5% of observationsGJuly: 5.2% of observationsLAugust: 15% of observationsASeptember: 28% of observationsSOctober: 38% of observations38%ONovember: 10% of observationsNDecember: 0.6% of observationsD
Month-by-month observation rate. October stands out, as it is the month with the most documented finds.

Region by region

RegionThey are foundMaximumObservations
Central Europe From August to October October 10,340
Scandinavia From August to October September 4,823
United Kingdom and Ireland From September to November October 3,464
Spain From September to November October 2.205
France From August to November October 1,728
Italy From August to November October 1,206
Northern Italy From August to November September 952
United States and Canada From July to October July 348
Southern Italy and islands From September to November November 159

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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