Are there mushrooms around Baar right now
Today's index is 60 out of 100. Middling: there will be finds, but you will walk longer than usual.
The forecast here is regional — an average over several measurement points — rather than a calculation for this town. The larger the region, the coarser the number. Data from 18 September 2026, 11:37 BST.
Baar and the country around it
The ring marks Baar, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Zug. The field between points is interpolated; clicking a point opens its town.
Nearest towns
The forecast in these towns can differ — the further away, the more. In brackets, the best edible species today.
The week, species by species
23 species are in season in Zug right now — ordered by today's index. Another 3 species are out of season: the index reads zero all week.
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 60 — on Fridayaverage 55by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6018 Sept
- Sat6019 Sept
- Sun6020 Sept
- Mon6021 Sept
- Tue5022 Sept
- Wed4923 Sept
- Thu4824 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 64 — on Mondayaverage 60by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Monday.
- Today6018 Sept
- Sat6219 Sept
- Sun6220 Sept
- Mon6421 Sept
- Tue5922 Sept
- Wed5823 Sept
- Thu5724 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 62 — on Sundayaverage 58by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today6018 Sept
- Sat6019 Sept
- Sun6220 Sept
- Mon6221 Sept
- Tue5422 Sept
- Wed5423 Sept
- Thu5424 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 64 — on Sundayaverage 60by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today6018 Sept
- Sat6219 Sept
- Sun6420 Sept
- Mon6421 Sept
- Tue6022 Sept
- Wed5623 Sept
- Thu5524 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 58 — on Sundayaverage 53by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today5518 Sept
- Sat5719 Sept
- Sun5820 Sept
- Mon5821 Sept
- Tue5222 Sept
- Wed4623 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 58 — on Saturdayaverage 54by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5518 Sept
- Sat5819 Sept
- Sun5820 Sept
- Mon5821 Sept
- Tue5222 Sept
- Wed4823 Sept
- Thu4624 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 58 — on Sundayaverage 53by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today5518 Sept
- Sat5719 Sept
- Sun5820 Sept
- Mon5821 Sept
- Tue5222 Sept
- Wed4623 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 58 — on Saturdayaverage 54by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5418 Sept
- Sat5819 Sept
- Sun5820 Sept
- Mon5821 Sept
- Tue5422 Sept
- Wed4723 Sept
- Thu4624 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 62 — on Sundayaverage 57by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat6019 Sept
- Sun6220 Sept
- Mon6221 Sept
- Tue6022 Sept
- Wed5223 Sept
- Thu5124 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 54 — on Sundayaverage 50by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5219 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
- Mon5421 Sept
- Tue4622 Sept
- Wed4623 Sept
- Thu4624 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 54 — on Saturdayaverage 50by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5218 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
- Mon5421 Sept
- Tue5022 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 54 — on Sundayaverage 49by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today5218 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
- Mon5421 Sept
- Tue4622 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
- Thu4224 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 56 — on Mondayaverage 51by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Monday.
- Today5218 Sept
- Sat5519 Sept
- Sun5520 Sept
- Mon5621 Sept
- Tue5022 Sept
- Wed4523 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 56 — on Sundayaverage 52by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5620 Sept
- Mon5621 Sept
- Tue5422 Sept
- Wed4823 Sept
- Thu4824 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 57 — on Saturdayaverage 51by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat5719 Sept
- Sun5720 Sept
- Mon5721 Sept
- Tue5322 Sept
- Wed4223 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 48 — on Fridayaverage 45by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4818 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon4721 Sept
- Tue4222 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 52 — on Mondayaverage 46by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Monday.
- Today4818 Sept
- Sat5119 Sept
- Sun5120 Sept
- Mon5221 Sept
- Tue5022 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 52 — on Sundayaverage 48by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today4818 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun5220 Sept
- Mon5221 Sept
- Tue4722 Sept
- Wed4223 Sept
- Thu4224 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 50 — on Sundayaverage 45by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun5020 Sept
- Mon5021 Sept
- Tue5022 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
- Thu3524 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 50 — on Mondayaverage 45by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Monday.
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun4920 Sept
- Mon5021 Sept
- Tue4922 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
- Thu3524 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 54 — on Mondayaverage 49by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Monday.
- Today4418 Sept
- Sat5219 Sept
- Sun5220 Sept
- Mon5421 Sept
- Tue5322 Sept
- Wed4523 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 48 — on Sundayaverage 43by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4218 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon4821 Sept
- Tue4622 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 50 — on Mondayaverage 45by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Monday.
- Today4018 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon5021 Sept
- Tue5022 Sept
- Wed4223 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Boletus edulis near Baar: where to look
Boletus edulis: the species in brief
How to tell it
A heavy, solid bolete with a brown cap and a thick stem. Near the top of the stem is a pale, raised net-like pattern. The pores are white when young, then become yellowish and finally olive with age.
Where it grows
With pine, spruce, oak, beech and other host trees, in woodland and along rides and clearings. Widespread across Europe.
In the kitchen
Excellent fried and especially good dried. Drying concentrates its aroma, which is why dried porcini are widely used in stocks, sauces and risotto.
Nutrition
Around 30 kcal per 100 g fresh is a useful rough guide, but values vary. Drying greatly concentrates both nutrients and calories.
This is a note about the species, not about what is in your basket. Full card with lookalikes →
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Common questions
Are there mushrooms in Baar in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 60 out of 100. It is built from two weeks of rainfall, soil temperature, the length of the dry spell and each species' season, and it updates daily.
Which mushrooms are picked around Baar?
There are too few records for this region to name species yet. We will not list them «from the field guide»: an unconfirmed list looks exactly like a confirmed one and is worth something else entirely.
How accurate is this forecast?
It is a model of weather and season, not an observation of the wood. It answers «is this week worth a trip» well, and it does not know what is growing round the next bend. We measure its accuracy against independent records and publish the result — without that number a forecast stays a promise.
The index is high but I found nothing — why?
The index reads weather and season — things that are the same for tens of kilometres around. It does not know your particular wood, and that is where the mushroom grows. The usual reasons: wrong trees — every species has its own, and no weather makes up for the wrong stand; the wood was felled recently or is young — the mycelium takes years to recover; the spot is picked out — everything near a road or a car park goes over a weekend; the flush has been taken — you came a day after those who came on time; or the flush passed and slugs and larvae got there first, which the model cannot see. The reverse holds too: a low index does not mean an empty wood. It means the conditions are against you, not that there is nothing there.