Are there mushrooms around Paolo VI right now

Today's index is 11 out of 100. It is quiet: the last few days of weather do not suit them. Look at the week below — it shows when that changes.

Best today
Suillus granulatus
Quiet

The forecast is computed at the nearest weather point — 9 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.

Paolo VI and the country around it

The ring marks Paolo VI, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Apulia. The field between points is interpolated; clicking a point opens its town.

The week, species by species

23 species are in season in Apulia right now — ordered by today's index. Another 3 species are out of season: the index reads zero all week.

Suillus granulatus — botanical illustration

Suillus granulatus

Suillus granulatus

Quiet11 today

Week's best 12average 11by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today1118 Sept
  2. Sat1119 Sept
  3. Sun1120 Sept
  4. Mon1221 Sept
  5. Tue1122 Sept
  6. Wed1123 Sept
  7. Thu1124 Sept
Macrolepiota procera — botanical illustration

Macrolepiota procera

Macrolepiota procera

Quiet11 today

Week's best 12average 11by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today1118 Sept
  2. Sat1119 Sept
  3. Sun1220 Sept
  4. Mon1221 Sept
  5. Tue1122 Sept
  6. Wed1123 Sept
  7. Thu1224 Sept
Boletus edulis — botanical illustration

Boletus edulis

Boletus edulis

Quiet10 today

Week's best 14average 12by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today1018 Sept
  2. Sat1219 Sept
  3. Sun1220 Sept
  4. Mon1321 Sept
  5. Tue1322 Sept
  6. Wed1323 Sept
  7. Thu1424 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis — botanical illustration

Kuehneromyces mutabilis

Kuehneromyces mutabilis

Quiet10 today

Week's best 11average 11by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today1018 Sept
  2. Sat1119 Sept
  3. Sun1120 Sept
  4. Mon1121 Sept
  5. Tue1122 Sept
  6. Wed1023 Sept
  7. Thu1124 Sept
Agaricus campestris — botanical illustration

Agaricus campestris

Agaricus campestris

Quiet10 today

Week's best 12average 10by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today1018 Sept
  2. Sat1019 Sept
  3. Sun1020 Sept
  4. Mon1121 Sept
  5. Tue1022 Sept
  6. Wed923 Sept
  7. Thu1224 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum — botanical illustration

Lycoperdon perlatum

Lycoperdon perlatum

Quiet10 today

Week's best 11average 9by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today1018 Sept
  2. Sat919 Sept
  3. Sun920 Sept
  4. Mon1021 Sept
  5. Tue922 Sept
  6. Wed823 Sept
  7. Thu1124 Sept
Amanita muscaria — botanical illustration

Amanita muscaria

Amanita muscaria

Quiet10 today

Week's best 11average 11by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today1018 Sept
  2. Sat1119 Sept
  3. Sun1120 Sept
  4. Mon1121 Sept
  5. Tue1122 Sept
  6. Wed1123 Sept
  7. Thu1124 Sept
Leccinum scabrum — botanical illustration

Leccinum scabrum

Leccinum scabrum

Quiet9 today

Week's best 10average 10by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today918 Sept
  2. Sat1019 Sept
  3. Sun1020 Sept
  4. Mon1021 Sept
  5. Tue1022 Sept
  6. Wed923 Sept
  7. Thu924 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum — botanical illustration

Leccinum aurantiacum

Leccinum aurantiacum

Quiet9 today

Week's best 11average 10by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today918 Sept
  2. Sat1019 Sept
  3. Sun1020 Sept
  4. Mon1021 Sept
  5. Tue1022 Sept
  6. Wed1023 Sept
  7. Thu1124 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus — botanical illustration

Lactarius deliciosus

Lactarius deliciosus

Quiet9 today

Week's best 11average 10by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today918 Sept
  2. Sat1019 Sept
  3. Sun1020 Sept
  4. Mon1021 Sept
  5. Tue1122 Sept
  6. Wed1023 Sept
  7. Thu1024 Sept
Imleria badia — botanical illustration

Imleria badia

Imleria badia

Quiet9 today

Week's best 12average 11by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today918 Sept
  2. Sat1119 Sept
  3. Sun1120 Sept
  4. Mon1121 Sept
  5. Tue1222 Sept
  6. Wed1223 Sept
  7. Thu1224 Sept
Marasmius oreades — botanical illustration

Marasmius oreades

Marasmius oreades

Quiet9 today

Week's best 11average 9by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today918 Sept
  2. Sat819 Sept
  3. Sun920 Sept
  4. Mon921 Sept
  5. Tue822 Sept
  6. Wed823 Sept
  7. Thu1124 Sept
Amanita pantherina — botanical illustration

Amanita pantherina

Amanita pantherina

Quiet9 today

Week's best 10average 10by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today918 Sept
  2. Sat1019 Sept
  3. Sun1020 Sept
  4. Mon1021 Sept
  5. Tue1022 Sept
  6. Wed1023 Sept
  7. Thu1024 Sept

Leccinum versipelle

Leccinum versipelle

Quiet9 today

Week's best 11average 10by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today918 Sept
  2. Sat1019 Sept
  3. Sun1020 Sept
  4. Mon1021 Sept
  5. Tue1022 Sept
  6. Wed1023 Sept
  7. Thu1124 Sept

Russula foetens

Russula foetens

Quiet9 today

Week's best 11average 10by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today918 Sept
  2. Sat1019 Sept
  3. Sun1120 Sept
  4. Mon1121 Sept
  5. Tue1122 Sept
  6. Wed1023 Sept
  7. Thu1124 Sept
Armillaria mellea — botanical illustration

Armillaria mellea

Armillaria mellea

Quiet8 today

Week's best 9average 9by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today818 Sept
  2. Sat819 Sept
  3. Sun920 Sept
  4. Mon921 Sept
  5. Tue922 Sept
  6. Wed823 Sept
  7. Thu924 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius — botanical illustration

Cantharellus cibarius

Cantharellus cibarius

Quiet8 today

Week's best 10average 9by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today818 Sept
  2. Sat919 Sept
  3. Sun920 Sept
  4. Mon921 Sept
  5. Tue1022 Sept
  6. Wed1023 Sept
  7. Thu1024 Sept
Collybia personata — botanical illustration

Collybia personata

Collybia personata

Quiet8 today

Week's best 9average 8by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today818 Sept
  2. Sat819 Sept
  3. Sun820 Sept
  4. Mon921 Sept
  5. Tue822 Sept
  6. Wed823 Sept
  7. Thu824 Sept
Collybia nuda — botanical illustration

Collybia nuda

Collybia nuda

Quiet8 today

Week's best 9average 8by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today818 Sept
  2. Sat819 Sept
  3. Sun820 Sept
  4. Mon921 Sept
  5. Tue922 Sept
  6. Wed823 Sept
  7. Thu824 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron — botanical illustration

Xerocomellus chrysenteron

Xerocomellus chrysenteron

Quiet8 today

Week's best 11average 10by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today818 Sept
  2. Sat1019 Sept
  3. Sun1020 Sept
  4. Mon1021 Sept
  5. Tue1022 Sept
  6. Wed1023 Sept
  7. Thu1124 Sept
Suillus bovinus — botanical illustration

Suillus bovinus

Suillus bovinus

Quiet8 today

Week's best 9average 9by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today818 Sept
  2. Sat919 Sept
  3. Sun920 Sept
  4. Mon921 Sept
  5. Tue922 Sept
  6. Wed823 Sept
  7. Thu924 Sept
Russula delica — botanical illustration

Russula delica

Russula delica

Quiet7 today

Week's best 9average 9by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today718 Sept
  2. Sat819 Sept
  3. Sun920 Sept
  4. Mon921 Sept
  5. Tue922 Sept
  6. Wed923 Sept
  7. Thu924 Sept
Lactarius resimus — botanical illustration

Lactarius resimus

Lactarius resimus

Quiet6 today

Week's best 8average 8by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today618 Sept
  2. Sat819 Sept
  3. Sun820 Sept
  4. Mon821 Sept
  5. Tue822 Sept
  6. Wed823 Sept
  7. Thu824 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.

  1. 11 сент.28°0.9 mm
  2. 12 сент.24°6.7 mm
  3. 13 сент.23°
  4. 14 сент.24°
  5. 15 сент.23°3.5 mm
  6. 16 сент.23°2.2 mm
  7. 17 сент.24°
  8. 18 сент.24°0.9 mm
  9. 19 сент.24°0.2 mm
  10. 20 сент.23°1.2 mm
  11. 21 сент.23°
  12. 22 сент.20°
  13. 23 сент.19°
  14. 24 сент.22°14 mm

Suillus granulatus near Paolo VI: where to look

Suillus granulatus — botanical illustration

Suillus granulatus: the species in brief

How to tell it

A yellow-brown to orange-brown cap that is sticky in wet weather. The pores are yellow and young specimens may produce small milky droplets. The stem has no ring.

Where it grows

Closely associated with pine, especially in plantations, heaths and woodland edges.

In the kitchen

Young caps are best. They can be fried or preserved, and many cooks peel the sticky skin first.

Nutrition

Low in calories with small amounts of protein and minerals.

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 Paolo VI in September 2026?

Today's foraging index is 11 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 Paolo VI?

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.

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