Are there mushrooms around Gorno-Altaysk right now
Today's index is 51 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.
Gorno-Altaysk and the country around it
The ring marks Gorno-Altaysk, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Altai Republic. 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 Altai Republic right now — ordered by today's index. Another 3 species are out of season: the index reads zero all week.
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 56 — on Sundayaverage 51by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5620 Sept
- Mon5621 Sept
- Tue5522 Sept
- Wed4723 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 55 — on Sundayaverage 51by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5520 Sept
- Mon5521 Sept
- Tue5422 Sept
- Wed4623 Sept
- Thu3924 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 61 — on Thursdayaverage 56by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5520 Sept
- Mon5521 Sept
- Tue5622 Sept
- Wed5923 Sept
- Thu6124 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 53 — on Sundayaverage 49by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat5219 Sept
- Sun5320 Sept
- Mon5321 Sept
- Tue5322 Sept
- Wed4523 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 59 — on Thursdayaverage 56by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today4818 Sept
- Sat5519 Sept
- Sun5720 Sept
- Mon5721 Sept
- Tue5822 Sept
- Wed5823 Sept
- Thu5924 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 54 — on Thursdayaverage 48by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed5223 Sept
- Thu5424 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 62 — on Mondayaverage 57by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Monday.
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat5719 Sept
- Sun6120 Sept
- Mon6221 Sept
- Tue6222 Sept
- Wed5823 Sept
- Thu5524 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 46average 44by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4619 Sept
- Sun4520 Sept
- Mon4321 Sept
- Tue4222 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 59 — on Thursdayaverage 49by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4619 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4621 Sept
- Tue4722 Sept
- Wed5623 Sept
- Thu5924 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 55 — on Sundayaverage 52by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat5219 Sept
- Sun5520 Sept
- Mon5521 Sept
- Tue5522 Sept
- Wed5323 Sept
- Thu5224 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 52 — on Sundayaverage 50by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun5220 Sept
- Mon5221 Sept
- Tue5222 Sept
- Wed5223 Sept
- Thu5224 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 57 — on Sundayaverage 52by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5720 Sept
- Mon5721 Sept
- Tue5622 Sept
- Wed5123 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 53 — on Thursdayaverage 50by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun5120 Sept
- Mon5121 Sept
- Tue5222 Sept
- Wed5223 Sept
- Thu5324 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 52 — on Sundayaverage 50by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun5220 Sept
- Mon5221 Sept
- Tue5222 Sept
- Wed5223 Sept
- Thu5224 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 54 — on Mondayaverage 51by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Monday.
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun5320 Sept
- Mon5421 Sept
- Tue5422 Sept
- Wed5323 Sept
- Thu5324 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 51 — on Thursdayaverage 42by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed4823 Sept
- Thu5124 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 49 — on Mondayaverage 45by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat4619 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue4922 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 50 — on Thursdayaverage 47by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon4821 Sept
- Tue4822 Sept
- Wed4923 Sept
- Thu5024 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 51 — on Thursdayaverage 47by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon4821 Sept
- Tue4922 Sept
- Wed5023 Sept
- Thu5124 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 49 — on Thursdayaverage 44by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3818 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4823 Sept
- Thu4924 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 56 — on Mondayaverage 51by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Monday.
- Today3718 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun5520 Sept
- Mon5621 Sept
- Tue5622 Sept
- Wed5323 Sept
- Thu5124 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 47 — on Thursdayaverage 44by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3618 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4520 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4522 Sept
- Wed4623 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 56 — on Tuesdayaverage 47by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Tuesday.
- Today2718 Sept
- Sat4119 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon5321 Sept
- Tue5622 Sept
- Wed5423 Sept
- Thu5224 Sept
Agaricus campestris near Gorno-Altaysk: where to look
Agaricus campestris: the species in brief
How to tell it
A white to cream cap with pink gills when young, darkening with age. The stem has a small ring, which may become faint or disappear on older specimens.
Where it grows
On meadows, pasture, lawns, downland and field margins, especially on nutrient-rich grassland.
In the kitchen
Cook as you would a cultivated button mushroom: quickly fried, grilled or added to sauces. Wild specimens should be cooked rather than eaten raw.
Nutrition
Low in calories and relatively high in protein for a fresh mushroom.
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 Gorno-Altaysk in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 51 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 Gorno-Altaysk?
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.