List of U.S. state mushrooms

Nine U.S. states (California, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Vermont, have officially declared a state mushroom.

Minnesota was the first to declare a species; Morchella esculenta was chosen as its state mushroom in 1984, and codified into Statute in 2010.[1] At the time the state mushroom was named, the species epithet Morchella esculenta applied to North American as well as European yellow morels, but following taxonomic revisions is now solely a European name.[2][3]


Four other states, Missouri, Washington, Massachusetts, and New York[4][5][6] have had state mushrooms proposed in their state legislatures.

Current state mushrooms

StateSpeciesImageYear of designationRef
CaliforniaCantharellus californicus A golden colored mushroom among dead leaves and foliage.2023[7]
Colorado Agaricus julius Agaricus julius2025

[8]

Illinois Calvatia gigantea Giant Puffball 2024 [9]
Kentucky Lactarius indigo A blue milkcap mushroom (Lactarius indigo) is pictured flipped upside-down, with its gills up, in a Kentucky forest. 2026 [10]
MinnesotaMorchella esculenta A brown, sponge-like cap on a white stem, surrounded by dead grass.2010[nb 1][11]
OregonCantharellus formosus A collection of golden colored mushrooms with irregularly shaped caps on a plate.1999[12]
TexasChorioactis geaster A mushroom that somewhat resembles a dark brown or black cigar before it splits open radially into a starlike arrangement of four to seven leathery rays.2021[13]
Utah Boletus edulis A plump mushroom with a brown cap and white stem. 2023 [14]
Vermont Hericium americanum


Bear's head tooth fungus

 2024 [6]

Proposed state mushrooms

StateSpeciesImageRef
Massachusetts Calvatia gigantea
[15]
MissouriCantharellus lateritiusA large, golden-coloured mushroom with an irregular cap growing from leaflitter[16][17]
New YorkLactarius peckii[18]
WashingtonTricholoma magnivelareBulbous white mushrooms on the forest floor[19]
Tricholoma murrillianumBulbous white mushrooms on the forest floor[20]

Notes

  1. ↑ Morchella esculenta was chosen as the state mushroom in 1984, but it was not codified until 2010.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Minnesota State Symbols: Minnesota State Mushroom". Minnesota Legislature. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  2. ↑ Richard, Franck; Bellanger, Jean-Michel; Clowez, Philippe; Courtecuisse, Regis; Hansen, Karen; O'Donnell, Kerry; Sauve, Mathieu; Urban, Alexander; Moreau, Pierre-Arthur (December 30, 2014). "True morels (Morchella, Pezizales) of Europe and North America: evolutionary relationships inferred from multilocus data and a unified taxonomy". Mycologia (Preliminary version published online). 107 (2): 359–382. doi:10.3852/14-166. PMID 25550303. 14-166.
  3. ↑ Kuo M, Dewsbury DR, O'Donnell K, Carter MC, Rehner SA, Moore JD, Moncalvo JM, Canfield SA, Stephenson SL, Methven AS, Volk TJ (April 11, 2012). "Taxonomic revision of true morels (Morchella) in Canada and the United States". Mycologia. 104 (5): 1159–77. doi:10.3852/11-375. PMID 22495449. S2CID 45219627.
  4. ↑ "Bill would designate official fungus for New York State - Hudson Valley One". March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  5. ↑ "NY State Senate Bill S7045A". NY State Senate. January 23, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Bos-Lun, Michelle (May 7, 2024). "An act relating to designating a State Mushroom". Legislature Vermont.
  7. ↑ "Governor Newsom Signs Legislation 10.10.23". October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  8. ↑ Colorado Designation of State Mushroom
  9. ↑ "Pritzker signs law allowing digital driver's licenses among hundreds of other bills". Capitolnewsillinois.com. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  10. ↑ "State mushroom, fishing & more: Here are KY bills on track to become law". kentucky.com. Retrieved August 7, 2026.
  11. ↑ "2010 Minnesota Statutes: 1.149 State Mushroom". Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  12. ↑ Springhetti, Jim (October 18, 2008). "Chanterelles pop up, the perfect quarry". The Oregonian. Advance Publications. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
  13. ↑ "Texas SCR38: Designating the Texas star mushroom as the official State Mushroom of Texas".
  14. ↑ "H.B. 92 State Mushroom Designation". Utah State Legislature. 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  15. ↑ Massachusetts Legislature, 192nd Session. S.2060: An Act designating the "Giant Puffball" fungus as the official mushroom of the Commonwealth
  16. ↑ "Second Regular Session, House Bill No. 1781, 93rd General Assembly". Missouri House of Representatives. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  17. ↑ "First Regular Session, House Bill No. 910, 94th General Assembly". Missouri House of Representatives. Retrieved June 13, 2011.
  18. ↑ "Senate Bill S7045A". New York State Senate. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  19. ↑ "Washington Could Get an Official State Mushroom - Atlas Obscura".
  20. ↑ "Will Washington name a state fungi? | The Spokesman-Review".
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