Are there mushrooms around Policoro right now
Today's index is 10 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 — 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.
Policoro and the country around it
The ring marks Policoro, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Basilicata. 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 Basilicata 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 11average 11by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1018 Sept
- Sat1119 Sept
- Sun1120 Sept
- Mon1121 Sept
- Tue1122 Sept
- Wed1123 Sept
- Thu1124 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 10average 10by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1018 Sept
- Sat1019 Sept
- Sun1020 Sept
- Mon1021 Sept
- Tue1022 Sept
- Wed1023 Sept
- Thu1024 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 10average 9by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1018 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue922 Sept
- Wed923 Sept
- Thu924 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 10average 10by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1018 Sept
- Sat1019 Sept
- Sun1020 Sept
- Mon1021 Sept
- Tue1022 Sept
- Wed1023 Sept
- Thu924 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 10average 9by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today918 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue922 Sept
- Wed1023 Sept
- Thu1024 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 9average 9by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today918 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue922 Sept
- Wed923 Sept
- Thu924 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 9average 9by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today918 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue922 Sept
- Wed923 Sept
- Thu924 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 9average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today918 Sept
- Sat819 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue822 Sept
- Wed823 Sept
- Thu924 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 9average 9by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today918 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun920 Sept
- Mon921 Sept
- Tue822 Sept
- Wed923 Sept
- Thu924 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 8average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today818 Sept
- Sat819 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue822 Sept
- Wed823 Sept
- Thu824 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 9average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today818 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue822 Sept
- Wed823 Sept
- Thu824 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 9average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today818 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue822 Sept
- Wed823 Sept
- Thu824 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 8average 7by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today818 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon721 Sept
- Tue722 Sept
- Wed723 Sept
- Thu824 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 8average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today818 Sept
- Sat819 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue822 Sept
- Wed823 Sept
- Thu824 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 8average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today818 Sept
- Sat819 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue822 Sept
- Wed823 Sept
- Thu824 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 9average 8by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today818 Sept
- Sat919 Sept
- Sun820 Sept
- Mon821 Sept
- Tue822 Sept
- Wed823 Sept
- Thu824 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 8average 7by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon721 Sept
- Tue722 Sept
- Wed823 Sept
- Thu824 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 7average 7by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon721 Sept
- Tue722 Sept
- Wed723 Sept
- Thu724 Sept
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 7average 7by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon721 Sept
- Tue722 Sept
- Wed723 Sept
- Thu724 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 7average 7by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon721 Sept
- Tue722 Sept
- Wed723 Sept
- Thu724 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 7average 7by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon721 Sept
- Tue722 Sept
- Wed723 Sept
- Thu724 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 7average 7by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon721 Sept
- Tue722 Sept
- Wed723 Sept
- Thu724 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 7average 7by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today718 Sept
- Sat719 Sept
- Sun720 Sept
- Mon721 Sept
- Tue722 Sept
- Wed723 Sept
- Thu724 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.27°1.2 mm
- 12 сент.25°2.5 mm
- 13 сент.24°—
- 14 сент.24°—
- 15 сент.24°0.3 mm
- 16 сент.23°—
- 17 сент.24°—
- 18 сент.24°—
- 19 сент.24°0.3 mm
- 20 сент.24°0.7 mm
- 21 сент.24°—
- 22 сент.22°—
- 23 сент.22°—
- 24 сент.23°0.9 mm
Boletus edulis near Policoro: 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 Policoro in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 10 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 Policoro?
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.