Are there mushrooms around Great Wakering right now
Today's index is 46 out of 100. Poor — something is possible, but do not count on a full basket.
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.
Great Wakering and the country around it
The ring marks Great Wakering, 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.
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 46 — on Fridayaverage 44by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4619 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4621 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4224 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 46 — on Sundayaverage 43by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 42average 40by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4218 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4220 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 42 — on Fridayaverage 40by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4218 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4220 Sept
- Mon4121 Sept
- Tue3722 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 42average 40by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4218 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4220 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 42average 41by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 41average 40by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat4119 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon4121 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 41average 39by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat4119 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon4021 Sept
- Tue3722 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 40average 38by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4018 Sept
- Sat4019 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
- Thu3624 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 42average 40by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4018 Sept
- Sat4019 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 39average 37by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu3524 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 40 — on Sundayaverage 38by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun4020 Sept
- Mon4021 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu3624 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 36average 35by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3618 Sept
- Sat3619 Sept
- Sun3620 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3422 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 39 — on Mondayaverage 36by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3618 Sept
- Sat3619 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 37average 35by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3618 Sept
- Sat3619 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu3324 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 36average 34by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3518 Sept
- Sat3619 Sept
- Sun3320 Sept
- Mon3321 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu3324 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 36average 34by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3418 Sept
- Sat3419 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3422 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 36 — on Mondayaverage 33by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3418 Sept
- Sat3419 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3122 Sept
- Wed3023 Sept
- Thu3024 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 33average 31by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3318 Sept
- Sat3319 Sept
- Sun3220 Sept
- Mon3121 Sept
- Tue3022 Sept
- Wed3023 Sept
- Thu3024 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 32average 30by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3219 Sept
- Sun3020 Sept
- Mon3021 Sept
- Tue3022 Sept
- Wed3023 Sept
- Thu2924 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 33average 31by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3319 Sept
- Sun3020 Sept
- Mon3021 Sept
- Tue3022 Sept
- Wed3023 Sept
- Thu3024 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 27average 26by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2518 Sept
- Sat2619 Sept
- Sun2620 Sept
- Mon2721 Sept
- Tue2622 Sept
- Wed2523 Sept
- Thu2524 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 21average 20by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2118 Sept
- Sat2119 Sept
- Sun2120 Sept
- Mon2121 Sept
- Tue2022 Sept
- Wed2023 Sept
- Thu1924 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.18°3.4 mm
- 12 сент.18°—
- 13 сент.20°4.5 mm
- 14 сент.20°0.2 mm
- 15 сент.19°—
- 16 сент.16°0.3 mm
- 17 сент.16°1.0 mm
- 18 сент.16°—
- 19 сент.19°1.2 mm
- 20 сент.16°0.1 mm
- 21 сент.15°—
- 22 сент.18°—
- 23 сент.16°0.3 mm
- 24 сент.14°—
Boletus edulis near Great Wakering: where to look
Boletus edulis: the species in brief
How to tell it
A heavy, solid bolete with a brown cap and a thick stem. Near the top of the stem is a pale, raised net-like pattern. The pores are white when young, then become yellowish and finally olive with age.
Where it grows
With pine, spruce, oak, beech and other host trees, in woodland and along rides and clearings. Widespread across Europe.
In the kitchen
Excellent fried and especially good dried. Drying concentrates its aroma, which is why dried porcini are widely used in stocks, sauces and risotto.
Nutrition
Around 30 kcal per 100 g fresh is a useful rough guide, but values vary. Drying greatly concentrates both nutrients and calories.
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 Great Wakering in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 46 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 Great Wakering?
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.