Are there mushrooms around Santa Maria a Monte right now
Today's index is 37 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.
Santa Maria a Monte and the country around it
The ring marks Santa Maria a Monte, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Toscana. 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 Toscana 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 37 — on Fridayaverage 31by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3718 Sept
- Sat3719 Sept
- Sun3020 Sept
- Mon3121 Sept
- Tue3122 Sept
- Wed3023 Sept
- Thu2424 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 34 — on Fridayaverage 28by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3418 Sept
- Sat3319 Sept
- Sun2720 Sept
- Mon2821 Sept
- Tue2822 Sept
- Wed2723 Sept
- Thu2124 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 32 — on Fridayaverage 27by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun2620 Sept
- Mon2721 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed2623 Sept
- Thu2124 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 32 — on Fridayaverage 27by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun2620 Sept
- Mon2621 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed2623 Sept
- Thu2124 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 32 — on Fridayaverage 27by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun2620 Sept
- Mon2721 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed2623 Sept
- Thu2124 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 31 — on Fridayaverage 25by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3118 Sept
- Sat3019 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2421 Sept
- Tue2422 Sept
- Wed2423 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 31 — on Fridayaverage 27by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3118 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun2620 Sept
- Mon2721 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed2623 Sept
- Thu2224 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 31 — on Fridayaverage 26by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3118 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun2520 Sept
- Mon2621 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed2523 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 30 — on Fridayaverage 25by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3018 Sept
- Sat2919 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2521 Sept
- Tue2522 Sept
- Wed2423 Sept
- Thu1924 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 30 — on Fridayaverage 26by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3018 Sept
- Sat3019 Sept
- Sun2520 Sept
- Mon2521 Sept
- Tue2622 Sept
- Wed2523 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 30 — on Saturdayaverage 27by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat3019 Sept
- Sun2520 Sept
- Mon2721 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed2723 Sept
- Thu2324 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 29 — on Fridayaverage 25by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat2919 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2521 Sept
- Tue2522 Sept
- Wed2423 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 29 — on Fridayaverage 25by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat2919 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2521 Sept
- Tue2522 Sept
- Wed2423 Sept
- Thu1924 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 28 — on Fridayaverage 23by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2818 Sept
- Sat2719 Sept
- Sun2220 Sept
- Mon2321 Sept
- Tue2322 Sept
- Wed2323 Sept
- Thu1824 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 27 — on Fridayaverage 24by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2718 Sept
- Sat2719 Sept
- Sun2220 Sept
- Mon2321 Sept
- Tue2422 Sept
- Wed2323 Sept
- Thu2124 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 26 — on Fridayaverage 23by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2618 Sept
- Sat2619 Sept
- Sun2120 Sept
- Mon2221 Sept
- Tue2322 Sept
- Wed2223 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 26 — on Fridayaverage 23by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2618 Sept
- Sat2619 Sept
- Sun2120 Sept
- Mon2221 Sept
- Tue2222 Sept
- Wed2223 Sept
- Thu1924 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 26 — on Fridayaverage 22by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2618 Sept
- Sat2619 Sept
- Sun2120 Sept
- Mon2221 Sept
- Tue2322 Sept
- Wed2223 Sept
- Thu1724 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 25 — on Fridayaverage 21by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2518 Sept
- Sat2519 Sept
- Sun2020 Sept
- Mon2021 Sept
- Tue2022 Sept
- Wed2023 Sept
- Thu1424 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 26 — on Saturdayaverage 22by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2518 Sept
- Sat2619 Sept
- Sun2120 Sept
- Mon2221 Sept
- Tue2322 Sept
- Wed2223 Sept
- Thu1824 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 23 — on Fridayaverage 21by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today2318 Sept
- Sat2319 Sept
- Sun1920 Sept
- Mon2021 Sept
- Tue2122 Sept
- Wed2123 Sept
- Thu1724 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 19 — on Saturdayaverage 17by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today1818 Sept
- Sat1919 Sept
- Sun1620 Sept
- Mon1721 Sept
- Tue1822 Sept
- Wed1723 Sept
- Thu1424 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 17 — on Saturdayaverage 15by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today1618 Sept
- Sat1719 Sept
- Sun1420 Sept
- Mon1621 Sept
- Tue1622 Sept
- Wed1523 Sept
- Thu1224 Sept
Boletus edulis near Santa Maria a Monte: 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 Santa Maria a Monte in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 37 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 Santa Maria a Monte?
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.