Are there mushrooms around Yelets right now
Today's index is 35 out of 100. Poor — something is possible, but do not count on a full basket.
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.
Yelets and the country around it
The ring marks Yelets, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Lipetsk Oblast. 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 Lipetsk Oblast 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 49 — on Thursdayaverage 39by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3518 Sept
- Sat3419 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4924 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 51 — on Thursdayaverage 39by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today3518 Sept
- Sat3519 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed4223 Sept
- Thu5124 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 50 — on Thursdayaverage 38by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today3318 Sept
- Sat3219 Sept
- Sun3320 Sept
- Mon3421 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed4223 Sept
- Thu5024 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 50 — on Thursdayaverage 38by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today3318 Sept
- Sat3419 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3721 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu5024 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 49 — on Thursdayaverage 37by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3318 Sept
- Sat3219 Sept
- Sun3220 Sept
- Mon3321 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4924 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 46 — on Thursdayaverage 36by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3219 Sept
- Sun3320 Sept
- Mon3421 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu4624 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 47 — on Thursdayaverage 36by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3219 Sept
- Sun3220 Sept
- Mon3321 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 45 — on Thursdayaverage 35by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3319 Sept
- Sun3320 Sept
- Mon3421 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 46 — on Thursdayaverage 35by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun3220 Sept
- Mon3321 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu4624 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 47 — on Thursdayaverage 36by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3219 Sept
- Sun3220 Sept
- Mon3321 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 47 — on Thursdayaverage 35by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3118 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun3220 Sept
- Mon3321 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 45 — on Thursdayaverage 34by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3118 Sept
- Sat3019 Sept
- Sun3120 Sept
- Mon3221 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 53 — on Thursdayaverage 36by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today3018 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun3220 Sept
- Mon3321 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu5324 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 42 — on Thursdayaverage 32by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat2719 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu4224 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 39 — on Thursdayaverage 32by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat2919 Sept
- Sun3020 Sept
- Mon3221 Sept
- Tue3122 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu3924 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 43 — on Thursdayaverage 33by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat2919 Sept
- Sun2920 Sept
- Mon3021 Sept
- Tue3422 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 43 — on Thursdayaverage 33by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat2819 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon3021 Sept
- Tue3422 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 41 — on Thursdayaverage 31by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2818 Sept
- Sat2719 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue3222 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 49 — on Thursdayaverage 33by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2818 Sept
- Sat2919 Sept
- Sun2920 Sept
- Mon3121 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu4924 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 50 — on Thursdayaverage 34by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today2818 Sept
- Sat2919 Sept
- Sun2920 Sept
- Mon3121 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu5024 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 41 — on Thursdayaverage 31by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2818 Sept
- Sat2719 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue3222 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 44 — on Thursdayaverage 32by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2718 Sept
- Sat2819 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon3021 Sept
- Tue3122 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 30 — on Thursdayaverage 25by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2418 Sept
- Sat2419 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2621 Sept
- Tue2522 Sept
- Wed2523 Sept
- Thu3024 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus near Yelets: 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 →
Been out in Yelets? Tell us how it went
No sign-up, five seconds. Reports are visible to everyone and help us check the forecast — where people say “nothing out there” and the model promises a flush, the model is wrong.
Common questions
Are there mushrooms in Yelets in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 35 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 Yelets?
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.