Are there mushrooms around Longton right now
Today's index is 58 out of 100. Middling: there will be finds, but you will walk longer than usual.
The forecast is computed at the nearest weather point — 9 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.
Longton itself is not inside any of our forecast districts: ours are rural, and the town is its own administrative unit. Staffordshire is the nearest district, and the numbers come from its measurements.
Longton and the country around it
The ring marks Longton, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire 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 58average 58by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5818 Sept
- Sat5819 Sept
- Sun5820 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 57average 57by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5718 Sept
- Sat5719 Sept
- Sun5720 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 57average 57by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5718 Sept
- Sat5719 Sept
- Sun5720 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 56average 55by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5618 Sept
- Sat5519 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 55average 54by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5418 Sept
- Sat5519 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 54average 54by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5418 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 53average 53by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun5320 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 54average 53by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5320 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 53average 53by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun5220 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 53average 53by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun5320 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 52average 52by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5218 Sept
- Sat5219 Sept
- Sun5220 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 52average 51by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5218 Sept
- Sat5119 Sept
- Sun5120 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 52average 52by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5218 Sept
- Sat5219 Sept
- Sun5120 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 51average 51by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today5118 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun5120 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 49average 49by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4920 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 48average 47by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4818 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4720 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 48average 48by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4818 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 47average 46by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat4619 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 47average 47by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 47average 47by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 47average 47by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4718 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 46average 46by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4618 Sept
- Sat4619 Sept
- Sun4520 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 44average 43by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4418 Sept
- Sat4219 Sept
- Sun4420 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.14°3.5 mm
- 12 сент.14°1.4 mm
- 13 сент.15°0.3 mm
- 14 сент.16°1.5 mm
- 15 сент.16°14 mm
- 16 сент.13°0.6 mm
Amanita muscaria near Longton: 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 Longton in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 58 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 Longton?
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.