Are there mushrooms around Dietikon 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 — 4 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.
Dietikon and the country around it
The ring marks Dietikon, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Zürich. 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 Zürich 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 56 — on Fridayaverage 45by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5618 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4322 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu3624 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 55 — on Fridayaverage 44by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5518 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4321 Sept
- Tue4222 Sept
- Wed3923 Sept
- Thu3524 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 54 — on Fridayaverage 44by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5418 Sept
- Sat5119 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4321 Sept
- Tue4222 Sept
- Wed3923 Sept
- Thu3524 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 53 — on Fridayaverage 43by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 52 — on Fridayaverage 42by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5218 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun4020 Sept
- Mon4021 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu3324 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 50 — on Fridayaverage 39by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue3722 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3024 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 50 — on Fridayaverage 40by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3124 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 50 — on Fridayaverage 38by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu2824 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 50 — on Fridayaverage 39by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue3722 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3024 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 50 — on Fridayaverage 40by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3124 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 48 — on Fridayaverage 37by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4818 Sept
- Sat4619 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3123 Sept
- Thu2824 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 47 — on Fridayaverage 38by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat4619 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3721 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3124 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 46 — on Fridayaverage 36by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3421 Sept
- Tue3422 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu2824 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 46 — on Fridayaverage 37by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4319 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu2824 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 46 — on Fridayaverage 36by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun3620 Sept
- Mon3521 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3123 Sept
- Thu2824 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 46 — on Fridayaverage 37by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu2924 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 45 — on Fridayaverage 36by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4319 Sept
- Sun3420 Sept
- Mon3321 Sept
- Tue3422 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu2824 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 45 — on Fridayaverage 34by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4319 Sept
- Sun3220 Sept
- Mon3121 Sept
- Tue3022 Sept
- Wed2823 Sept
- Thu2624 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 43 — on Fridayaverage 34by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat4119 Sept
- Sun3420 Sept
- Mon3321 Sept
- Tue3222 Sept
- Wed2923 Sept
- Thu2624 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 41 — on Fridayaverage 31by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun2920 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue2922 Sept
- Wed2723 Sept
- Thu2524 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 41 — on Fridayaverage 31by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun2920 Sept
- Mon2821 Sept
- Tue2822 Sept
- Wed2623 Sept
- Thu2424 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 40 — on Fridayaverage 30by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4018 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun2920 Sept
- Mon2821 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed2423 Sept
- Thu2224 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 37 — on Fridayaverage 29by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3718 Sept
- Sat3619 Sept
- Sun2720 Sept
- Mon2721 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed2523 Sept
- Thu2124 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.14°—
- 13 сент.16°5.9 mm
- 14 сент.17°—
- 15 сент.18°—
- 16 сент.16°2.4 mm
- 17 сент.14°—
- 18 сент.15°—
- 19 сент.15°—
- 20 сент.17°—
- 21 сент.15°—
- 22 сент.12°—
- 23 сент.13°—
- 24 сент.13°1.2 mm
Lactarius deliciosus near Dietikon: 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 Dietikon 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 Dietikon?
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.