Are there mushrooms around Yuryuzan' right now
Today's index is 72 out of 100. Conditions are good — worth going, Amanita muscaria should be about.
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.
Yuryuzan' and the country around it
The ring marks Yuryuzan', the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Chelyabinsk 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 Chelyabinsk Oblast 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 72 — on Fridayaverage 59by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today7218 Sept
- Sat7219 Sept
- Sun6220 Sept
- Mon5621 Sept
- Tue5222 Sept
- Wed5123 Sept
- Thu5124 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 71 — on Fridayaverage 55by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today7118 Sept
- Sat6619 Sept
- Sun5620 Sept
- Mon5121 Sept
- Tue4822 Sept
- Wed4623 Sept
- Thu4624 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 71 — on Fridayaverage 54by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today7118 Sept
- Sat6619 Sept
- Sun5620 Sept
- Mon5121 Sept
- Tue4722 Sept
- Wed4523 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 72 — on Saturdayaverage 60by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today6918 Sept
- Sat7219 Sept
- Sun6420 Sept
- Mon5821 Sept
- Tue5422 Sept
- Wed5323 Sept
- Thu5324 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 68 — on Fridayaverage 52by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6818 Sept
- Sat6319 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
- Mon4821 Sept
- Tue4522 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 66 — on Fridayaverage 53by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6618 Sept
- Sat6419 Sept
- Sun5520 Sept
- Mon5021 Sept
- Tue4622 Sept
- Wed4523 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 64 — on Fridayaverage 43by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6418 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu3124 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 63 — on Fridayaverage 49by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6318 Sept
- Sat5919 Sept
- Sun5020 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4222 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 63 — on Fridayaverage 43by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6318 Sept
- Sat5519 Sept
- Sun4520 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu3224 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 68 — on Saturdayaverage 56by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today6118 Sept
- Sat6819 Sept
- Sun6020 Sept
- Mon5421 Sept
- Tue5122 Sept
- Wed5023 Sept
- Thu5024 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 61 — on Fridayaverage 43by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6118 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun4520 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3722 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 60 — on Fridayaverage 48by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6018 Sept
- Sat5919 Sept
- Sun5120 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4222 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 60 — on Fridayaverage 48by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6018 Sept
- Sat5919 Sept
- Sun5020 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu3924 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 59 — on Fridayaverage 38by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5918 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3321 Sept
- Tue3122 Sept
- Wed2823 Sept
- Thu2724 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 59 — on Fridayaverage 39by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5918 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4020 Sept
- Mon3521 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3023 Sept
- Thu3024 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 58 — on Fridayaverage 47by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5818 Sept
- Sat5719 Sept
- Sun4920 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 56 — on Fridayaverage 45by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5618 Sept
- Sat5519 Sept
- Sun4720 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed3923 Sept
- Thu3924 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 55 — on Fridayaverage 44by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5518 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4121 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 55 — on Fridayaverage 44by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5518 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4121 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 61 — on Saturdayaverage 50by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today5418 Sept
- Sat6119 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue4522 Sept
- Wed4523 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 49 — on Saturdayaverage 41by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
- Thu3624 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 53 — on Saturdayaverage 43by the weekend falling
Conditions are best on Saturday.
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4121 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3923 Sept
- Thu3924 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 44 — on Saturdayaverage 36by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun3820 Sept
- Mon3321 Sept
- Tue3222 Sept
- Wed3123 Sept
- Thu3124 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.13°2.3 mm
- 12 сент.11°20 mm
- 13 сент.10°5.3 mm
- 14 сент.10°1.1 mm
- 15 сент.10°0.2 mm
- 16 сент.13°3.8 mm
- 17 сент.12°1.1 mm
- 18 сент.10°—
- 19 сент.11°—
- 20 сент.11°—
- 21 сент.12°—
- 22 сент.13°—
- 23 сент.13°—
- 24 сент.14°—
Amanita muscaria near Yuryuzan': 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 Yuryuzan' in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 72 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 Yuryuzan'?
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.