Are there mushrooms around Reading right now
Today's index is 42 out of 100. Poor — something is possible, but do not count on a full basket.
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.
Reading and the country around it
The ring marks Reading, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire 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 44average 42by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4218 Sept
- Sat4319 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 43average 41by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4321 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3923 Sept
- Thu3924 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 42 — on Mondayaverage 40by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4018 Sept
- Sat4119 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3923 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 40average 39by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat4019 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 39average 38by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3722 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 39average 38by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
- Thu3624 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 39average 38by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3722 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 39average 38by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3818 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun3820 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 38average 36by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3818 Sept
- Sat3819 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
- Thu3524 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 40 — on Mondayaverage 36by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3718 Sept
- Sat3719 Sept
- Sun3820 Sept
- Mon4021 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu3224 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 38average 36by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3718 Sept
- Sat3819 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu3524 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
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
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 37average 36by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3618 Sept
- Sat3719 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3721 Sept
- Tue3422 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 36average 35by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3418 Sept
- Sat3519 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3324 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 34average 34by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3418 Sept
- Sat3419 Sept
- Sun3420 Sept
- Mon3421 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu3324 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 36 — on Mondayaverage 32by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3418 Sept
- Sat3419 Sept
- Sun3420 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3122 Sept
- Wed3023 Sept
- Thu2824 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 34average 33by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3318 Sept
- Sat3419 Sept
- Sun3220 Sept
- Mon3121 Sept
- Tue3222 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu3324 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 34average 33by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3318 Sept
- Sat3419 Sept
- Sun3420 Sept
- Mon3421 Sept
- Tue3122 Sept
- Wed3123 Sept
- Thu3124 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 31average 29by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3018 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun2920 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue2922 Sept
- Wed2923 Sept
- Thu2924 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 31average 30by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3018 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun2920 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue3022 Sept
- Wed3023 Sept
- Thu3024 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 31average 30by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3018 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun2920 Sept
- Mon2821 Sept
- Tue2922 Sept
- Wed3023 Sept
- Thu3024 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 28average 26by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2618 Sept
- Sat2719 Sept
- Sun2620 Sept
- Mon2821 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed2623 Sept
- Thu2424 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 21average 20by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2018 Sept
- Sat2019 Sept
- Sun2020 Sept
- Mon2121 Sept
- Tue2022 Sept
- Wed1923 Sept
- Thu1824 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°0.5 mm
- 12 сент.17°—
- 13 сент.19°3.6 mm
- 14 сент.19°1.2 mm
- 15 сент.18°—
- 16 сент.15°—
- 17 сент.15°—
- 18 сент.14°0.3 mm
- 19 сент.18°2.1 mm
- 20 сент.17°—
- 21 сент.19°—
- 22 сент.18°0.3 mm
- 23 сент.15°0.6 mm
- 24 сент.17°—
Boletus edulis near Reading: 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 Reading in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 42 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 Reading?
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.