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When the lobster mushroom originated in the United States and Canada

Updated on October 28, 20261 min read
When they are found

When was he born? the lobster mushroom in the United States and Canada.

Lobster mushrooms in the United States and Canada are found mostly from July to October, with their peak season in August.

Hypomyces lactifluorum

January: 1.3% of observationsGFebruary: 0.6% of observationsFMarch: 0.4% of observationsMApril: 0.3% of observationsAMay: 0.9% of observationsMJune: 2.7% of observationsGJuly: 19% of observationsLAugust: 29% of observations29%ASeptember: 22% of observationsSOctober: 16% of observationsONovember: 6.4% of observationsNDecember: 1.9% of observationsD
Month-by-month observation rate. August stands out, as the month with the most documented finds.

On 31,119 observations documented public in the United States and Canada from 2011 to 2025.

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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