Are there mushrooms around Ilkeston right now
Today's index is 55 out of 100. Middling: there will be finds, but you will walk longer than usual.
The forecast is computed at the nearest weather point — 5 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.
Ilkeston and the country around it
The ring marks Ilkeston, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire right now — ordered by today's index. Another 3 species are out of season: the index reads zero all week.
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 56average 54by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5518 Sept
- Sat5519 Sept
- Sun5620 Sept
- Mon5521 Sept
- Tue5322 Sept
- Wed5223 Sept
- Thu5224 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 54average 52by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
- Mon5321 Sept
- Tue5122 Sept
- Wed5123 Sept
- Thu5124 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 54average 52by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun5320 Sept
- Mon5421 Sept
- Tue5122 Sept
- Wed5123 Sept
- Thu5024 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 55average 54by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
- Mon5521 Sept
- Tue5422 Sept
- Wed5323 Sept
- Thu5324 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 53average 52by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5219 Sept
- Sun5320 Sept
- Mon5321 Sept
- Tue5022 Sept
- Wed5023 Sept
- Thu5024 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
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
- Sun5120 Sept
- Mon5121 Sept
- Tue4822 Sept
- Wed4723 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 51average 50by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5119 Sept
- Sun5120 Sept
- Mon5121 Sept
- Tue4822 Sept
- Wed4823 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 51 — on Fridayaverage 49by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5119 Sept
- Sun5020 Sept
- Mon5021 Sept
- Tue4722 Sept
- Wed4623 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 51average 50by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5119 Sept
- Sun5120 Sept
- Mon5121 Sept
- Tue4822 Sept
- Wed4823 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 50average 49by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun5020 Sept
- Mon5021 Sept
- Tue4722 Sept
- Wed4723 Sept
- Thu4624 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 50average 49by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun5020 Sept
- Mon5021 Sept
- Tue4822 Sept
- Wed4823 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 49 — on Fridayaverage 47by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon4721 Sept
- Tue4522 Sept
- Wed4523 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 49 — on Fridayaverage 47by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon4721 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4723 Sept
- Thu4624 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 50 — on Sundayaverage 48by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Sunday.
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun5020 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue4622 Sept
- Wed4623 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 47average 46by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4720 Sept
- Mon4721 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 47average 45by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4619 Sept
- Sun4720 Sept
- Mon4621 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 46average 44by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4322 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 45 — on Fridayaverage 43by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 45average 44by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4321 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 45average 44by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 45average 43by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4418 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun4520 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4222 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 47 — on Mondayaverage 45by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4721 Sept
- Tue4622 Sept
- Wed4523 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 39 — on Mondayaverage 36by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3418 Sept
- Sat3319 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3824 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.16°1.4 mm
- 12 сент.15°—
- 13 сент.16°1.8 mm
- 14 сент.19°0.7 mm
- 15 сент.17°1.7 mm
- 16 сент.14°0.8 mm
- 17 сент.14°1.1 mm
- 18 сент.14°1.7 mm
- 19 сент.17°0.1 mm
- 20 сент.13°—
- 21 сент.15°—
- 22 сент.17°—
- 23 сент.13°9.0 mm
- 24 сент.13°—
Amanita muscaria near Ilkeston: where to look
Amanita muscaria: the species in brief
How to tell it
Usually easy to recognise: a red to orange-red cap with white patches, white gills, a ring on the stem and a swollen base with scaly bands. Heavy rain can wash the white patches away, leaving a plain red cap.
Where it grows
Common with birch, pine and spruce. It often grows in the same woodland as Penny Bun because the two species can share host trees.
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 Ilkeston in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 55 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 Ilkeston?
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.