Are there mushrooms around Kalach right now
Today's index is 31 out of 100. Poor — something is possible, but do not count on a full basket.
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.
Kalach and the country around it
The ring marks Kalach, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Voronezh 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 Voronezh Oblast 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 45 — on Thursdayaverage 34by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3118 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun2920 Sept
- Mon3121 Sept
- Tue3422 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 44 — on Thursdayaverage 34by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3118 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun3020 Sept
- Mon3221 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 46 — on Thursdayaverage 35by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3118 Sept
- Sat3119 Sept
- Sun3120 Sept
- Mon3321 Sept
- Tue3422 Sept
- Wed3823 Sept
- Thu4624 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 46 — on Thursdayaverage 34by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3018 Sept
- Sat3019 Sept
- Sun3020 Sept
- Mon3221 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu4624 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 45 — on Thursdayaverage 33by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3018 Sept
- Sat3019 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon3021 Sept
- Tue3322 Sept
- Wed3723 Sept
- Thu4524 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 43 — on Thursdayaverage 32by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat2919 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon3021 Sept
- Tue3122 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 43 — on Thursdayaverage 32by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat2919 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon3021 Sept
- Tue3122 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 41 — on Thursdayaverage 31by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat2919 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue3022 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu4124 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 42 — on Thursdayaverage 32by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat2919 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue3022 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu4224 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 43 — on Thursdayaverage 32by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2918 Sept
- Sat2919 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon3021 Sept
- Tue3122 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu4324 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 42 — on Thursdayaverage 32by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2818 Sept
- Sat2819 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon3021 Sept
- Tue3122 Sept
- Wed3423 Sept
- Thu4224 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 40 — on Thursdayaverage 30by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2818 Sept
- Sat2719 Sept
- Sun2620 Sept
- Mon2821 Sept
- Tue2922 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu4024 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 39 — on Thursdayaverage 29by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2718 Sept
- Sat2719 Sept
- Sun2520 Sept
- Mon2721 Sept
- Tue2922 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu3924 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 39 — on Thursdayaverage 29by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2718 Sept
- Sat2619 Sept
- Sun2520 Sept
- Mon2721 Sept
- Tue2822 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu3924 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 38 — on Thursdayaverage 29by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2618 Sept
- Sat2619 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2621 Sept
- Tue2822 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu3824 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 47 — on Thursdayaverage 31by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2618 Sept
- Sat2619 Sept
- Sun2720 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue2922 Sept
- Wed3523 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 37 — on Thursdayaverage 28by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2518 Sept
- Sat2519 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2621 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed3123 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 44 — on Thursdayaverage 29by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2518 Sept
- Sat2519 Sept
- Sun2520 Sept
- Mon2721 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 37 — on Thursdayaverage 28by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2518 Sept
- Sat2519 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2621 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed3023 Sept
- Thu3724 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 39 — on Thursdayaverage 27by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2418 Sept
- Sat2419 Sept
- Sun2420 Sept
- Mon2521 Sept
- Tue2622 Sept
- Wed3023 Sept
- Thu3924 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 35 — on Thursdayaverage 27by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2418 Sept
- Sat2519 Sept
- Sun2520 Sept
- Mon2621 Sept
- Tue2622 Sept
- Wed2823 Sept
- Thu3524 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 44 — on Thursdayaverage 29by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2418 Sept
- Sat2519 Sept
- Sun2520 Sept
- Mon2721 Sept
- Tue2722 Sept
- Wed3223 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 27 — on Thursdayaverage 21by the weekend rising
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today1918 Sept
- Sat1919 Sept
- Sun1920 Sept
- Mon2021 Sept
- Tue2022 Sept
- Wed2123 Sept
- Thu2724 Sept
Boletus edulis near Kalach: 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 Kalach in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 31 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 Kalach?
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.