Are there mushrooms around Cockfosters right now
Today's index is 47 out of 100. Poor — something is possible, but do not count on a full basket.
The forecast is computed at the nearest weather point — 8 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.
Cockfosters itself is not inside any of our forecast districts: ours are rural, and the town is its own administrative unit. Essex is the nearest district, and the numbers come from its measurements.
Cockfosters and the country around it
The ring marks Cockfosters, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Essex. 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 Essex right now — ordered by today's index. Another 3 species are out of season: the index reads zero all week.
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 47 — on Fridayaverage 42by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 46 — on Fridayaverage 42by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 46 — on Fridayaverage 41by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4121 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 44 — on Fridayaverage 40by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4418 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon4021 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 44 — on Fridayaverage 40by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4418 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu3624 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 43 — on Fridayaverage 38by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3721 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3324 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 43 — on Fridayaverage 38by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4020 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 43 — on Fridayaverage 37by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun3820 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3422 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu3224 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 43 — on Fridayaverage 38by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3721 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3324 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 43 — on Fridayaverage 38by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4020 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 42 — on Fridayaverage 36by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4218 Sept
- Sat4119 Sept
- Sun3820 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3123 Sept
- Thu3124 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 40 — on Fridayaverage 36by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4018 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3721 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3324 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 40 — on Fridayaverage 35by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4018 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3521 Sept
- Tue3222 Sept
- Wed3123 Sept
- Thu3124 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 40 — on Fridayaverage 35by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4018 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3521 Sept
- Tue3222 Sept
- Wed3123 Sept
- Thu3124 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 39 — on Fridayaverage 35by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat3819 Sept
- Sun3620 Sept
- Mon3521 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu3224 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 39 — on Fridayaverage 33by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat3819 Sept
- Sun3420 Sept
- Mon3221 Sept
- Tue3122 Sept
- Wed3023 Sept
- Thu2924 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 38 — on Fridayaverage 34by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3818 Sept
- Sat3719 Sept
- Sun3620 Sept
- Mon3521 Sept
- Tue3222 Sept
- Wed3123 Sept
- Thu3024 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 37 — on Fridayaverage 32by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3718 Sept
- Sat3619 Sept
- Sun3420 Sept
- Mon3221 Sept
- Tue2922 Sept
- Wed2923 Sept
- Thu2824 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 35 — on Fridayaverage 29by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3518 Sept
- Sat3419 Sept
- Sun3120 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed2523 Sept
- Thu2424 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 35 — on Fridayaverage 31by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3518 Sept
- Sat3419 Sept
- Sun3120 Sept
- Mon3021 Sept
- Tue2922 Sept
- Wed2823 Sept
- Thu2824 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 35 — on Fridayaverage 30by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3518 Sept
- Sat3419 Sept
- Sun3120 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue2822 Sept
- Wed2723 Sept
- Thu2624 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 33 — on Fridayaverage 30by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3318 Sept
- Sat3219 Sept
- Sun3020 Sept
- Mon3121 Sept
- Tue2922 Sept
- Wed2723 Sept
- Thu2624 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 25 — on Fridayaverage 22by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2518 Sept
- Sat2519 Sept
- Sun2320 Sept
- Mon2321 Sept
- Tue2222 Sept
- Wed2023 Sept
- Thu1824 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.16°1.5 mm
- 12 сент.16°—
- 13 сент.19°2.5 mm
- 14 сент.19°0.3 mm
- 15 сент.17°0.6 mm
- 16 сент.15°—
- 17 сент.15°0.6 mm
- 18 сент.14°—
- 19 сент.17°—
- 20 сент.16°—
- 21 сент.19°—
- 22 сент.18°—
- 23 сент.15°—
- 24 сент.14°—
Amanita muscaria near Cockfosters: where to look
Amanita muscaria: the species in brief
How to tell it
Usually easy to recognise: a red to orange-red cap with white patches, white gills, a ring on the stem and a swollen base with scaly bands. Heavy rain can wash the white patches away, leaving a plain red cap.
Where it grows
Common with birch, pine and spruce. It often grows in the same woodland as Penny Bun because the two species can share host trees.
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 Cockfosters in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 47 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 Cockfosters?
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.