Are there mushrooms around Gioia Tauro right now
Today's index is 15 out of 100. It is quiet: the last few days of weather do not suit them. Look at the week below — it shows when that changes.
The forecast is computed at the nearest weather point — 8 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.
Gioia Tauro and the country around it
The ring marks Gioia Tauro, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Calabria. 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 Calabria right now — ordered by today's index. Another 3 species are out of season: the index reads zero all week.
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 15 — on Fridayaverage 12by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today1518 Sept
- Sat1019 Sept
- Sun1020 Sept
- Mon1021 Sept
- Tue1222 Sept
- Wed1323 Sept
- Thu1324 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 15average 14by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1518 Sept
- Sat1319 Sept
- Sun1320 Sept
- Mon1321 Sept
- Tue1422 Sept
- Wed1423 Sept
- Thu1524 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 15average 13by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1418 Sept
- Sat1219 Sept
- Sun1220 Sept
- Mon1221 Sept
- Tue1422 Sept
- Wed1423 Sept
- Thu1524 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 14average 12by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1418 Sept
- Sat1119 Sept
- Sun1120 Sept
- Mon1121 Sept
- Tue1322 Sept
- Wed1323 Sept
- Thu1424 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 14 — on Fridayaverage 11by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today1418 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue1122 Sept
- Wed1123 Sept
- Thu1124 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 14 — on Fridayaverage 11by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today1418 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue1122 Sept
- Wed1223 Sept
- Thu1224 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 13average 12by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1218 Sept
- Sat1119 Sept
- Sun1120 Sept
- Mon1121 Sept
- Tue1222 Sept
- Wed1323 Sept
- Thu1324 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 15average 14by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1218 Sept
- Sat1319 Sept
- Sun1320 Sept
- Mon1321 Sept
- Tue1522 Sept
- Wed1523 Sept
- Thu1524 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 19 — on Thursdayaverage 16by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today1118 Sept
- Sat1619 Sept
- Sun1620 Sept
- Mon1721 Sept
- Tue1822 Sept
- Wed1823 Sept
- Thu1924 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 15average 13by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1118 Sept
- Sat1219 Sept
- Sun1220 Sept
- Mon1321 Sept
- Tue1422 Sept
- Wed1423 Sept
- Thu1524 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 11average 10by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1118 Sept
- Sat819 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue1022 Sept
- Wed1123 Sept
- Thu1124 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 11average 10by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1118 Sept
- Sat819 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue1022 Sept
- Wed1123 Sept
- Thu1124 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 15average 13by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1118 Sept
- Sat1219 Sept
- Sun1320 Sept
- Mon1321 Sept
- Tue1422 Sept
- Wed1423 Sept
- Thu1524 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 14average 13by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1118 Sept
- Sat1219 Sept
- Sun1220 Sept
- Mon1221 Sept
- Tue1422 Sept
- Wed1423 Sept
- Thu1424 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 15average 13by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1118 Sept
- Sat1219 Sept
- Sun1220 Sept
- Mon1321 Sept
- Tue1422 Sept
- Wed1423 Sept
- Thu1524 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 15average 13by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1118 Sept
- Sat1219 Sept
- Sun1220 Sept
- Mon1321 Sept
- Tue1422 Sept
- Wed1423 Sept
- Thu1524 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 12average 11by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1018 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun1020 Sept
- Mon1021 Sept
- Tue1122 Sept
- Wed1223 Sept
- Thu1224 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 15 — on Thursdayaverage 13by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today1018 Sept
- Sat1219 Sept
- Sun1320 Sept
- Mon1321 Sept
- Tue1422 Sept
- Wed1423 Sept
- Thu1524 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 13average 11by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1018 Sept
- Sat1019 Sept
- Sun1120 Sept
- Mon1121 Sept
- Tue1222 Sept
- Wed1223 Sept
- Thu1324 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 14 — on Tuesdayaverage 13by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today918 Sept
- Sat1219 Sept
- Sun1320 Sept
- Mon1321 Sept
- Tue1422 Sept
- Wed1423 Sept
- Thu1424 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 17 — on Thursdayaverage 14by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today918 Sept
- Sat1419 Sept
- Sun1420 Sept
- Mon1521 Sept
- Tue1622 Sept
- Wed1623 Sept
- Thu1724 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 14 — on Thursdayaverage 12by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today818 Sept
- Sat1119 Sept
- Sun1120 Sept
- Mon1221 Sept
- Tue1322 Sept
- Wed1323 Sept
- Thu1424 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 12 — on Tuesdayaverage 11by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today618 Sept
- Sat1119 Sept
- Sun1120 Sept
- Mon1121 Sept
- Tue1222 Sept
- Wed1223 Sept
- Thu1224 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.28°0.8 mm
- 12 сент.24°29 mm
- 13 сент.24°2.0 mm
- 14 сент.24°0.2 mm
- 15 сент.24°0.4 mm
- 16 сент.23°—
- 17 сент.24°—
- 18 сент.24°—
- 19 сент.25°1.0 mm
- 20 сент.25°1.2 mm
- 21 сент.24°0.1 mm
- 22 сент.23°5.5 mm
- 23 сент.24°0.2 mm
- 24 сент.23°—
Agaricus campestris near Gioia Tauro: where to look
Agaricus campestris: the species in brief
How to tell it
A white to cream cap with pink gills when young, darkening with age. The stem has a small ring, which may become faint or disappear on older specimens.
Where it grows
On meadows, pasture, lawns, downland and field margins, especially on nutrient-rich grassland.
In the kitchen
Cook as you would a cultivated button mushroom: quickly fried, grilled or added to sauces. Wild specimens should be cooked rather than eaten raw.
Nutrition
Low in calories and relatively high in protein for a fresh mushroom.
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 Gioia Tauro in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 15 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 Gioia Tauro?
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.