Are there mushrooms around Great Dunmow right now
Today's index is 53 out of 100. Middling: there will be finds, but you will walk longer than usual.
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 18 September 2026, 11:37 BST.
Great Dunmow and the country around it
The ring marks Great Dunmow, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Essex. 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 Essex 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 53 — on Fridayaverage 49by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun5120 Sept
- Mon5021 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 52 — on Fridayaverage 48by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5218 Sept
- Sat5219 Sept
- Sun5120 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 51 — on Fridayaverage 46by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun4720 Sept
- Mon4621 Sept
- Tue4322 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 51 — on Fridayaverage 47by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun4920 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 50 — on Fridayaverage 44by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 50 — on Fridayaverage 45by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4720 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 50 — on Fridayaverage 45by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5018 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4720 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4122 Sept
- Wed4123 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 49 — on Fridayaverage 42by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 49 — on Fridayaverage 44by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4521 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 49 — on Fridayaverage 43by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun4520 Sept
- Mon4321 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 48 — on Mondayaverage 46by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4720 Sept
- Mon4821 Sept
- Tue4422 Sept
- Wed4323 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 46 — on Fridayaverage 41by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4619 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue3722 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 46 — on Fridayaverage 42by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4619 Sept
- Sun4420 Sept
- Mon4321 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 45 — on Fridayaverage 42by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4321 Sept
- Tue4022 Sept
- Wed4023 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 45 — on Fridayaverage 38by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4319 Sept
- Sun3820 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu3424 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 44 — on Fridayaverage 41by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4418 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4121 Sept
- Tue3822 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 44 — on Fridayaverage 39by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4418 Sept
- Sat4419 Sept
- Sun4120 Sept
- Mon4021 Sept
- Tue3522 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu3524 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 43 — on Fridayaverage 40by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat4319 Sept
- Sun4320 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue3722 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 43 — on Fridayaverage 36by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat4119 Sept
- Sun3720 Sept
- Mon3521 Sept
- Tue3222 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu3124 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 42 — on Fridayaverage 35by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4218 Sept
- Sat4019 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3321 Sept
- Tue3222 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu3224 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 41 — on Fridayaverage 35by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat3919 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3421 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu3224 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 36average 34by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today3618 Sept
- Sat3519 Sept
- Sun3320 Sept
- Mon3421 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu3224 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 29 — on Fridayaverage 26by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat2819 Sept
- Sun2620 Sept
- Mon2721 Sept
- Tue2522 Sept
- Wed2423 Sept
- Thu2424 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.17°1.7 mm
- 12 сент.18°3.2 mm
- 13 сент.19°4.5 mm
- 14 сент.20°0.2 mm
- 15 сент.18°0.1 mm
- 16 сент.15°0.2 mm
- 17 сент.16°1.3 mm
- 18 сент.15°—
- 19 сент.18°—
- 20 сент.15°—
- 21 сент.15°—
- 22 сент.18°—
- 23 сент.15°0.3 mm
- 24 сент.13°—
Boletus edulis near Great Dunmow: 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 Great Dunmow in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 53 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 Great Dunmow?
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.