Are there mushrooms around Nyandoma right now
Today's index is 70 out of 100. Conditions are good — worth going, Lactarius deliciosus should be about.
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.
Nyandoma and the country around it
The ring marks Nyandoma, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Arkhangelsk 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 Arkhangelsk Oblast right now — ordered by today's index. Another 3 species are out of season: the index reads zero all week.
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 70 — on Fridayaverage 66by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today7018 Sept
- Sat6619 Sept
- Sun6720 Sept
- Mon6521 Sept
- Tue6522 Sept
- Wed6523 Sept
- Thu6524 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 69 — on Fridayaverage 65by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6918 Sept
- Sat6619 Sept
- Sun6620 Sept
- Mon6421 Sept
- Tue6422 Sept
- Wed6523 Sept
- Thu6424 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 66average 63by the weekend steady
The week is flat — no day to pick, conditions are the same throughout.
- Today6618 Sept
- Sat6219 Sept
- Sun6420 Sept
- Mon6321 Sept
- Tue6322 Sept
- Wed6323 Sept
- Thu6324 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 64 — on Fridayaverage 60by the weekend steady
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6418 Sept
- Sat6119 Sept
- Sun5820 Sept
- Mon5821 Sept
- Tue5922 Sept
- Wed6123 Sept
- Thu6124 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 63 — on Fridayaverage 61by the weekend steady
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6318 Sept
- Sat6019 Sept
- Sun5820 Sept
- Mon5821 Sept
- Tue6022 Sept
- Wed6323 Sept
- Thu6324 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 62 — on Fridayaverage 59by the weekend steady
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6218 Sept
- Sat5919 Sept
- Sun5820 Sept
- Mon5721 Sept
- Tue5822 Sept
- Wed5923 Sept
- Thu6024 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 61 — on Fridayaverage 57by the weekend falling
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6118 Sept
- Sat5719 Sept
- Sun5820 Sept
- Mon5621 Sept
- Tue5622 Sept
- Wed5523 Sept
- Thu5524 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 61 — on Fridayaverage 58by the weekend steady
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today6118 Sept
- Sat5919 Sept
- Sun5620 Sept
- Mon5621 Sept
- Tue5722 Sept
- Wed5823 Sept
- Thu5924 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 58 — on Fridayaverage 55by the weekend steady
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5818 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
- Mon5421 Sept
- Tue5522 Sept
- Wed5723 Sept
- Thu5724 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 58 — on Fridayaverage 55by the weekend steady
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5818 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun5420 Sept
- Mon5421 Sept
- Tue5522 Sept
- Wed5623 Sept
- Thu5724 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 58 — on Thursdayaverage 55by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today5718 Sept
- Sat5419 Sept
- Sun5320 Sept
- Mon5321 Sept
- Tue5522 Sept
- Wed5723 Sept
- Thu5824 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 57 — on Fridayaverage 54by the weekend steady
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5718 Sept
- Sat5319 Sept
- Sun5320 Sept
- Mon5221 Sept
- Tue5322 Sept
- Wed5423 Sept
- Thu5424 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 54 — on Fridayaverage 51by the weekend steady
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5418 Sept
- Sat5219 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue5022 Sept
- Wed5123 Sept
- Thu5124 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 55 — on Thursdayaverage 52by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today5418 Sept
- Sat5019 Sept
- Sun5120 Sept
- Mon5121 Sept
- Tue5222 Sept
- Wed5423 Sept
- Thu5524 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 55 — on Thursdayaverage 51by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun5020 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue5122 Sept
- Wed5323 Sept
- Thu5524 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 53 — on Fridayaverage 50by the weekend steady
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4721 Sept
- Tue4922 Sept
- Wed5223 Sept
- Thu5324 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 53 — on Fridayaverage 50by the weekend steady
Today is as good as it gets — conditions do not improve later this week.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat5219 Sept
- Sun4620 Sept
- Mon4821 Sept
- Tue4922 Sept
- Wed5023 Sept
- Thu5024 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 55 — on Thursdayaverage 51by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today5318 Sept
- Sat4919 Sept
- Sun5020 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue5122 Sept
- Wed5323 Sept
- Thu5524 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 54 — on Thursdayaverage 51by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today5218 Sept
- Sat4819 Sept
- Sun5020 Sept
- Mon5021 Sept
- Tue5122 Sept
- Wed5323 Sept
- Thu5424 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 52 — on Thursdayaverage 48by the weekend steady
Conditions are best on Thursday.
- Today4918 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4720 Sept
- Mon4621 Sept
- Tue4822 Sept
- Wed5023 Sept
- Thu5224 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 49 — on Thursdayaverage 46by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4818 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4220 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4522 Sept
- Wed4823 Sept
- Thu4924 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 48 — on Fridayaverage 46by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4818 Sept
- Sat4719 Sept
- Sun4220 Sept
- Mon4421 Sept
- Tue4522 Sept
- Wed4723 Sept
- Thu4824 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 45average 43by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4318 Sept
- Sat4119 Sept
- Sun4220 Sept
- Mon4221 Sept
- Tue4222 Sept
- Wed4423 Sept
- Thu4524 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°18 mm
- 12 сент.12°2.8 mm
- 13 сент.10°15 mm
- 14 сент.11°0.4 mm
- 15 сент.9°—
- 16 сент.8°—
- 17 сент.12°2.4 mm
- 18 сент.12°2.6 mm
- 19 сент.11°3.0 mm
- 20 сент.13°4.2 mm
- 21 сент.13°1.7 mm
- 22 сент.15°—
- 23 сент.15°—
- 24 сент.14°3.6 mm
Lactarius deliciosus near Nyandoma: where to look
Lactarius deliciosus: the species in brief
How to tell it
An orange cap marked with darker concentric rings. Bruised areas often turn green. The orange latex is one of the most useful identification features.
Where it grows
Associated with conifers, especially pine, in plantations, woodland edges, grass and moss.
In the kitchen
Often fried, grilled or preserved. In parts of eastern Europe it is also salted. Its firm texture and slightly resinous flavour stand up well to simple cooking.
Nutrition
Low in calories. Nutritional values vary by species, age and preparation.
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 Nyandoma in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 70 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 Nyandoma?
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.