Mushroom calendar

When winter mushrooms grow: month by month

When they are found

When they are born the mushrooms of winter.

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

Flammulina velutipes

The shape of the season in Scandinavia, which is the region with the most observations (7,798).

January: 25% of observations25%GFebruary: 13% of observationsFMarch: 8.4% of observationsMApril: 2.8% of observationsAMay: 0.7% of observationsMJune: 0.1% of observationsGJuly: 0.0% of observationsLAugust: 0.4% of observationsASeptember: 3.6% of observationsSOctober: 10% of observationsONovember: 17% of observationsNDecember: 18% of observationsD
Month-by-month observation rate. January stands out, as the month with the most documented finds.

Region by region

RegionThey are foundMaximumObservations
Scandinavia From October to February January 7,798
United States and Canada From September to February October 4,832
United Kingdom and Ireland From October to February January 3.237
Central Europe From November to February December 2,634
Australia and New Zealand From April to August July 1,794
France From October to February November 216
Spain From November to February November 113

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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