Are there mushrooms around Hornchurch right now
Today's index is 54 out of 100. Middling: there will be finds, but you will walk longer than usual.
The forecast is computed at the nearest weather point — 6 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.
Hornchurch 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.
Hornchurch and the country around it
The ring marks Hornchurch, 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 54 — on Fridayaverage 51by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5418 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
- Mon5421 Sept
- Tue4822 Sept
- Wed4823 Sept
- Thu4824 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 54 — on Fridayaverage 51by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5418 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5320 Sept
- Mon5321 Sept
- Tue4722 Sept
- Wed4723 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 52average 50by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5218 Sept
- Sat5219 Sept
- Sun5120 Sept
- Mon5221 Sept
- Tue4822 Sept
- Wed4823 Sept
- Thu4824 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 51average 49by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5119 Sept
- Sun4920 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue4722 Sept
- Wed4723 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 51 — on Fridayaverage 47by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun4920 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 51 — on Fridayaverage 47by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun4920 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 50 — on Fridayaverage 47by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon4821 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 50 — on Fridayaverage 47by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun4920 Sept
- Mon4821 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 49 — on Fridayaverage 45by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4621 Sept
- Tue4322 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
- Thu4224 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 49 — on Fridayaverage 46by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon4721 Sept
- Tue4322 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 50 — on Mondayaverage 47by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Monday.
- Today4818 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon5021 Sept
- Tue4622 Sept
- Wed4523 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 47 — on Fridayaverage 44by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 47 — on Fridayaverage 44by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4621 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 46average 45by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4520 Sept
- Mon4621 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 45average 43by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 45 — on Fridayaverage 42by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun4520 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed3923 Sept
- Thu3924 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 45 — on Fridayaverage 41by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4321 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 44average 41by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4418 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon4021 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 42 — on Fridayaverage 39by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4218 Sept
- Sat4119 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue3722 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu3624 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 41 — on Fridayaverage 38by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat4019 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3722 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
- Thu3624 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 40 — on Fridayaverage 37by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4018 Sept
- Sat4019 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
- Thu3524 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 37average 36by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3618 Sept
- Sat3519 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3721 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu3524 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 29average 28by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat2819 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue2822 Sept
- Wed2723 Sept
- Thu2724 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.17°0.9 mm
- 12 сент.17°0.8 mm
- 13 сент.19°3.9 mm
- 14 сент.20°0.3 mm
- 15 сент.18°0.1 mm
- 16 сент.15°0.2 mm
- 17 сент.16°1.1 mm
- 18 сент.15°—
- 19 сент.19°0.9 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 Hornchurch: 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 Hornchurch in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 54 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 Hornchurch?
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.