Are there mushrooms around Molfetta right now
Today's index is 9 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 — 6 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.
Molfetta and the country around it
The ring marks Molfetta, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Apulia. 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 Apulia 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 11average 10by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today918 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun1020 Sept
- Mon1021 Sept
- Tue1122 Sept
- Wed1123 Sept
- Thu1124 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 12average 10by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today818 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun1020 Sept
- Mon1121 Sept
- Tue1122 Sept
- Wed1123 Sept
- Thu1224 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 12average 10by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today818 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon1021 Sept
- Tue1122 Sept
- Wed1123 Sept
- Thu1224 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 10average 9by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today818 Sept
- Sat819 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon1021 Sept
- Tue1022 Sept
- Wed1023 Sept
- Thu1024 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 11average 10by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today818 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon1021 Sept
- Tue1122 Sept
- Wed1123 Sept
- Thu1124 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 11average 10by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today818 Sept
- Sat819 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue1122 Sept
- Wed1123 Sept
- Thu1124 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 9average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue922 Sept
- Wed923 Sept
- Thu924 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 10average 9by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue922 Sept
- Wed1023 Sept
- Thu1024 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 11average 9by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat819 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon1021 Sept
- Tue1022 Sept
- Wed1023 Sept
- Thu1124 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 11average 9by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat819 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue1022 Sept
- Wed1023 Sept
- Thu1124 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 9average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue922 Sept
- Wed923 Sept
- Thu924 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 10average 9by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue922 Sept
- Wed1023 Sept
- Thu1024 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 10average 9by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue1022 Sept
- Wed1023 Sept
- Thu1024 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 9average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today618 Sept
- Sat619 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue922 Sept
- Wed923 Sept
- Thu924 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 9average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today618 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue822 Sept
- Wed823 Sept
- Thu924 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 8average 7by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today618 Sept
- Sat619 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon721 Sept
- Tue822 Sept
- Wed823 Sept
- Thu724 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 9average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today618 Sept
- Sat619 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon721 Sept
- Tue922 Sept
- Wed923 Sept
- Thu924 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 9average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today618 Sept
- Sat619 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue922 Sept
- Wed923 Sept
- Thu924 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 9average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today618 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue822 Sept
- Wed823 Sept
- Thu924 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 10average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today618 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue922 Sept
- Wed923 Sept
- Thu1024 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 10average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today618 Sept
- Sat619 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue922 Sept
- Wed923 Sept
- Thu1024 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 8average 7by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today618 Sept
- Sat619 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue822 Sept
- Wed823 Sept
- Thu824 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 8average 7by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today518 Sept
- Sat619 Sept
- Sun620 Sept
- Mon721 Sept
- Tue822 Sept
- Wed823 Sept
- Thu824 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°4.0 mm
- 12 сент.26°0.6 mm
- 13 сент.25°0.1 mm
- 14 сент.25°1.0 mm
- 15 сент.24°2.3 mm
- 16 сент.24°—
- 17 сент.25°—
- 18 сент.25°0.2 mm
- 19 сент.24°6.7 mm
- 20 сент.24°0.1 mm
- 21 сент.24°—
- 22 сент.22°0.9 mm
- 23 сент.21°—
- 24 сент.24°2.4 mm
Amanita muscaria near Molfetta: 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 Molfetta in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 9 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 Molfetta?
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.