Are there mushrooms around Ardon right now
Today's index is 69 out of 100. Middling: there will be finds, but you will walk longer than usual.
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.
Ardon and the country around it
The ring marks Ardon, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. 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 Republic of North Ossetia-Alania right now — ordered by today's index. Another 3 species are out of season: the index reads zero all week.
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 69 — on Fridayaverage 59by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6918 Sept
- Sat6619 Sept
- Sun6420 Sept
- Mon5321 Sept
- Tue5422 Sept
- Wed5423 Sept
- Thu5524 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
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
- Sat6219 Sept
- Sun6020 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4523 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 66 — on Fridayaverage 58by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6618 Sept
- Sat6319 Sept
- Sun6220 Sept
- Mon5121 Sept
- Tue5522 Sept
- Wed5523 Sept
- Thu5624 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 59 — on Fridayaverage 48by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5918 Sept
- Sat5619 Sept
- Sun5520 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 59 — on Thursdayaverage 55by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today5818 Sept
- Sat5519 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
- Mon4621 Sept
- Tue5522 Sept
- Wed5723 Sept
- Thu5924 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 56 — on Fridayaverage 52by the weekend steady
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5618 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5320 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue5222 Sept
- Wed5323 Sept
- Thu5424 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 58 — on Thursdayaverage 54by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today5618 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5320 Sept
- Mon4721 Sept
- Tue5622 Sept
- Wed5723 Sept
- Thu5824 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 56 — on Fridayaverage 46by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5618 Sept
- Sat5219 Sept
- Sun4920 Sept
- Mon3721 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
- Thu4624 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 55 — on Fridayaverage 47by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5518 Sept
- Sat5119 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4723 Sept
- Thu4924 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 54 — on Fridayaverage 45by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5418 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon3521 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed4223 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 53 — on Fridayaverage 39by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon3121 Sept
- Tue3022 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 56 — on Thursdayaverage 52by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5119 Sept
- Sun5020 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue5322 Sept
- Wed5423 Sept
- Thu5624 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 53 — on Fridayaverage 44by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon3421 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 53 — on Fridayaverage 45by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon3721 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 52 — on Fridayaverage 42by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5218 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun4520 Sept
- Mon3221 Sept
- Tue3722 Sept
- Wed3923 Sept
- Thu4224 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 52 — on Fridayaverage 42by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5218 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun4520 Sept
- Mon3221 Sept
- Tue3722 Sept
- Wed3923 Sept
- Thu4224 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 49 — on Fridayaverage 37by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun4220 Sept
- Mon2821 Sept
- Tue3022 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu3524 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 48 — on Fridayaverage 42by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4818 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon3221 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 46 — on Fridayaverage 39by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4319 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 48 — on Thursdayaverage 44by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4021 Sept
- Tue4522 Sept
- Wed4623 Sept
- Thu4824 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 50 — on Thursdayaverage 47by the weekend rising
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today4018 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun4720 Sept
- Mon4621 Sept
- Tue4822 Sept
- Wed4923 Sept
- Thu5024 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 47 — on Thursdayaverage 44by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4623 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 46 — on Thursdayaverage 41by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3618 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
- Thu4624 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus near Ardon: where to look
Lactarius deliciosus: the species in brief
How to tell it
An orange cap marked with darker concentric rings. Bruised areas often turn green. The orange latex is one of the most useful identification features.
Where it grows
Associated with conifers, especially pine, in plantations, woodland edges, grass and moss.
In the kitchen
Often fried, grilled or preserved. In parts of eastern Europe it is also salted. Its firm texture and slightly resinous flavour stand up well to simple cooking.
Nutrition
Low in calories. Nutritional values vary by species, age and preparation.
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 Ardon in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 69 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 Ardon?
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.