Are there mushrooms around Chard 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 — 4 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 17 September 2026, 11:22 BST.
Chard and the country around it
The ring marks Chard, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Somerset. 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
22 species are in season in Somerset 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 44average 43by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4218 Sept
- Sat4319 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4322 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 43average 43by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat4319 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4321 Sept
- Tue4222 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 44average 43by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4220 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4322 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 43average 42by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4220 Sept
- Mon4321 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4223 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 43average 41by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4018 Sept
- Sat4119 Sept
- Sun4020 Sept
- Mon4121 Sept
- Tue4222 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 40average 40by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat4019 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 40average 40by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat4019 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon4021 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 39average 39by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun3820 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3923 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 39average 39by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon3921 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed3923 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 40average 40by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3918 Sept
- Sat4019 Sept
- Sun3920 Sept
- Mon4021 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 40average 38by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3718 Sept
- Sat3819 Sept
- Sun3820 Sept
- Mon3821 Sept
- Tue3922 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 37average 37by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3618 Sept
- Sat3719 Sept
- Sun3620 Sept
- Mon3721 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 36average 36by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3518 Sept
- Sat3619 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 36average 35by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3518 Sept
- Sat3519 Sept
- Sun3620 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3422 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 37average 36by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3518 Sept
- Sat3719 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3521 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 37average 37by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3518 Sept
- Sat3719 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3721 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 34average 34by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3318 Sept
- Sat3419 Sept
- Sun3420 Sept
- Mon3421 Sept
- Tue3422 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 33average 33by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3319 Sept
- Sun3220 Sept
- Mon3221 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 36average 34by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3219 Sept
- Sun3220 Sept
- Mon3421 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3623 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 33average 33by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3319 Sept
- Sun3220 Sept
- Mon3221 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 34average 33by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat3419 Sept
- Sun3220 Sept
- Mon3221 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 29 — on Tuesdayaverage 27by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2518 Sept
- Sat2519 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2721 Sept
- Tue2922 Sept
- Wed2923 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.16°0.3 mm
- 12 сент.14°0.6 mm
- 13 сент.18°2.0 mm
- 14 сент.19°0.6 mm
- 15 сент.15°0.3 mm
- 16 сент.14°0.5 mm
- 17 сент.14°—
- 18 сент.13°0.3 mm
- 19 сент.17°3.3 mm
- 20 сент.16°—
- 21 сент.17°—
- 22 сент.16°0.4 mm
- 23 сент.12°0.2 mm
- 24 сент.15°—
Amanita muscaria near Chard: 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 Chard 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 Chard?
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.