Are there mushrooms around Nikolayevsk right now
Today's index is 26 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.
Nikolayevsk and the country around it
The ring marks Nikolayevsk, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Volgograd 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 Volgograd Oblast 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 29average 27by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2618 Sept
- Sat2619 Sept
- Sun2520 Sept
- Mon2521 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed2823 Sept
- Thu2924 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 25average 24by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2518 Sept
- Sat2519 Sept
- Sun2520 Sept
- Mon2421 Sept
- Tue2322 Sept
- Wed2323 Sept
- Thu2424 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 26average 25by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2418 Sept
- Sat2519 Sept
- Sun2620 Sept
- Mon2621 Sept
- Tue2522 Sept
- Wed2423 Sept
- Thu2524 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 25average 24by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2418 Sept
- Sat2419 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2421 Sept
- Tue2422 Sept
- Wed2423 Sept
- Thu2524 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 26average 24by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2418 Sept
- Sat2419 Sept
- Sun2320 Sept
- Mon2321 Sept
- Tue2522 Sept
- Wed2523 Sept
- Thu2624 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 24average 24by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2418 Sept
- Sat2419 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2421 Sept
- Tue2422 Sept
- Wed2423 Sept
- Thu2424 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 25average 24by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2418 Sept
- Sat2419 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2421 Sept
- Tue2422 Sept
- Wed2423 Sept
- Thu2524 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 24average 23by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2318 Sept
- Sat2319 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2421 Sept
- Tue2322 Sept
- Wed2223 Sept
- Thu2324 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 24average 22by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2318 Sept
- Sat2319 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2321 Sept
- Tue2022 Sept
- Wed2023 Sept
- Thu2224 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 24average 23by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2318 Sept
- Sat2319 Sept
- Sun2220 Sept
- Mon2221 Sept
- Tue2222 Sept
- Wed2223 Sept
- Thu2424 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 23average 22by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2318 Sept
- Sat2319 Sept
- Sun2220 Sept
- Mon2221 Sept
- Tue2222 Sept
- Wed2223 Sept
- Thu2324 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 22average 21by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2218 Sept
- Sat2219 Sept
- Sun2220 Sept
- Mon2221 Sept
- Tue2022 Sept
- Wed2023 Sept
- Thu2124 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 22average 21by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2218 Sept
- Sat2119 Sept
- Sun2220 Sept
- Mon2221 Sept
- Tue1922 Sept
- Wed1923 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 23average 22by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2218 Sept
- Sat2219 Sept
- Sun2120 Sept
- Mon2121 Sept
- Tue2222 Sept
- Wed2223 Sept
- Thu2324 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 23average 21by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2118 Sept
- Sat2019 Sept
- Sun2020 Sept
- Mon2021 Sept
- Tue2222 Sept
- Wed2223 Sept
- Thu2324 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 21average 20by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2118 Sept
- Sat2119 Sept
- Sun2120 Sept
- Mon2021 Sept
- Tue1822 Sept
- Wed1823 Sept
- Thu1924 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 22average 22by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2118 Sept
- Sat2219 Sept
- Sun2220 Sept
- Mon2221 Sept
- Tue2222 Sept
- Wed2223 Sept
- Thu2224 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 20average 20by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2018 Sept
- Sat2019 Sept
- Sun2020 Sept
- Mon2021 Sept
- Tue2022 Sept
- Wed1923 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 20average 19by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1818 Sept
- Sat1819 Sept
- Sun1920 Sept
- Mon2021 Sept
- Tue1922 Sept
- Wed1823 Sept
- Thu1824 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 21average 20by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1818 Sept
- Sat1919 Sept
- Sun1920 Sept
- Mon2021 Sept
- Tue2122 Sept
- Wed2023 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 18average 17by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1718 Sept
- Sat1719 Sept
- Sun1620 Sept
- Mon1721 Sept
- Tue1822 Sept
- Wed1823 Sept
- Thu1824 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 16average 14by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1418 Sept
- Sat1419 Sept
- Sun1520 Sept
- Mon1621 Sept
- Tue1422 Sept
- Wed1323 Sept
- Thu1324 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 12average 11by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1218 Sept
- Sat1219 Sept
- Sun1220 Sept
- Mon1221 Sept
- Tue1022 Sept
- Wed1023 Sept
- Thu1024 Sept
Boletus edulis near Nikolayevsk: 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 Nikolayevsk in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 26 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 Nikolayevsk?
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.