Are there mushrooms around Bern right now
Today's index is 56 out of 100. Middling: there will be finds, but you will walk longer than usual.
The forecast is computed at the nearest weather point — 7 km from the town. It is an estimate for the country around the town rather than a measurement in it: within half an hour's drive the weather barely changes, though any single wood can still go its own way. Data from 18 September 2026, 11:37 BST.
Bern and the country around it
The ring marks Bern, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Bern. 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 Bern right now — ordered by today's index. Another 3 species are out of season: the index reads zero all week.
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 58 — on Saturdayaverage 50by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5618 Sept
- Sat5819 Sept
- Sun5020 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue4922 Sept
- Wed4823 Sept
- Thu4224 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 60 — on Saturdayaverage 51by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5618 Sept
- Sat6019 Sept
- Sun5120 Sept
- Mon5021 Sept
- Tue4922 Sept
- Wed4623 Sept
- Thu4224 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 56 — on Saturdayaverage 49by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5518 Sept
- Sat5619 Sept
- Sun4920 Sept
- Mon4821 Sept
- Tue4722 Sept
- Wed4723 Sept
- Thu4224 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 55 — on Saturdayaverage 48by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5418 Sept
- Sat5519 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon4721 Sept
- Tue4622 Sept
- Wed4623 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 59 — on Saturdayaverage 49by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5218 Sept
- Sat5919 Sept
- Sun5020 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue4922 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
- Thu3924 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 56 — on Saturdayaverage 46by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5619 Sept
- Sun4720 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4522 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu3624 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 55 — on Saturdayaverage 46by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5519 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4522 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 54 — on Saturdayaverage 45by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 55 — on Saturdayaverage 46by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5519 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4522 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 57 — on Saturdayaverage 45by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat5719 Sept
- Sun4720 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4522 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 52 — on Saturdayaverage 41by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat5219 Sept
- Sun4220 Sept
- Mon4121 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed3123 Sept
- Thu2924 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 53 — on Saturdayaverage 43by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue4222 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 53 — on Saturdayaverage 44by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today4818 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun4520 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 47 — on Fridayaverage 41by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon4021 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed3923 Sept
- Thu3524 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 51 — on Saturdayaverage 42by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat5119 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 50 — on Saturdayaverage 42by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4121 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed3923 Sept
- Thu3624 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 46 — on Fridayaverage 40by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4619 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 49 — on Saturdayaverage 39by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4020 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3023 Sept
- Thu2724 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 49 — on Saturdayaverage 38by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4020 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed2923 Sept
- Thu2624 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 50 — on Saturdayaverage 40by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today4418 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon4021 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu3024 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 48 — on Saturdayaverage 39by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4418 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun4020 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu3224 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 47 — on Saturdayaverage 36by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun3820 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed2823 Sept
- Thu2524 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 41 — on Saturdayaverage 32by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3618 Sept
- Sat4119 Sept
- Sun3320 Sept
- Mon3221 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed2723 Sept
- Thu2324 Sept
The weather this number came from
On the left, what has already happened; on the right, what is expected. The left half matters more: a flush comes a week to ten days after the rain, not on the same day.
- 11 сент.13°—
- 12 сент.15°—
- 13 сент.17°4.9 mm
- 14 сент.17°1.0 mm
- 15 сент.19°—
- 16 сент.16°15 mm
- 17 сент.13°—
- 18 сент.15°—
- 19 сент.16°—
- 20 сент.17°—
- 21 сент.16°—
- 22 сент.13°—
- 23 сент.15°—
- 24 сент.13°0.3 mm
Lactarius deliciosus near Bern: where to look
Lactarius deliciosus: the species in brief
How to tell it
An orange cap marked with darker concentric rings. Bruised areas often turn green. The orange latex is one of the most useful identification features.
Where it grows
Associated with conifers, especially pine, in plantations, woodland edges, grass and moss.
In the kitchen
Often fried, grilled or preserved. In parts of eastern Europe it is also salted. Its firm texture and slightly resinous flavour stand up well to simple cooking.
Nutrition
Low in calories. Nutritional values vary by species, age and preparation.
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 Bern in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 56 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 Bern?
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.