Are there mushrooms around Shilka right now
Today's index is 45 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.
Shilka and the country around it
The ring marks Shilka, the dots are the rest of the measurement network in Zabaykalsky Krai. 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 Zabaykalsky Krai right now — ordered by today's index. Another 3 species are out of season: the index reads zero all week.
Collybia personata
Collybia personata
Week's best 49average 47by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4518 Sept
- Sat4519 Sept
- Sun4820 Sept
- Mon4921 Sept
- Tue4922 Sept
- Wed4823 Sept
- Thu4724 Sept
Collybia nuda
Collybia nuda
Week's best 46average 44by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today4218 Sept
- Sat4319 Sept
- Sun4520 Sept
- Mon4621 Sept
- Tue4622 Sept
- Wed4523 Sept
- Thu4424 Sept
Lactarius deliciosus
Lactarius deliciosus
Week's best 41 — on Fridayaverage 35by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4118 Sept
- Sat3619 Sept
- Sun3520 Sept
- Mon3621 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu3024 Sept
Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria
Week's best 40 — on Fridayaverage 35by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today4018 Sept
- Sat3519 Sept
- Sun3420 Sept
- Mon3521 Sept
- Tue3622 Sept
- Wed3323 Sept
- Thu3024 Sept
Armillaria mellea
Armillaria mellea
Week's best 34 — on Fridayaverage 30by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3418 Sept
- Sat2919 Sept
- Sun2920 Sept
- Mon3121 Sept
- Tue3222 Sept
- Wed2923 Sept
- Thu2624 Sept
Lactarius resimus
Lactarius resimus
Week's best 34 — on Fridayaverage 29by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3418 Sept
- Sat3019 Sept
- Sun2920 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue3022 Sept
- Wed2723 Sept
- Thu2524 Sept
Imleria badia
Imleria badia
Week's best 32 — on Fridayaverage 28by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3218 Sept
- Sat2819 Sept
- Sun2820 Sept
- Mon2921 Sept
- Tue2922 Sept
- Wed2723 Sept
- Thu2524 Sept
Suillus granulatus
Suillus granulatus
Week's best 31 — on Fridayaverage 27by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today3118 Sept
- Sat2619 Sept
- Sun2520 Sept
- Mon2721 Sept
- Tue2822 Sept
- Wed2623 Sept
- Thu2524 Sept
Leccinum scabrum
Leccinum scabrum
Week's best 26 — on Fridayaverage 22by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2618 Sept
- Sat2119 Sept
- Sun2120 Sept
- Mon2221 Sept
- Tue2322 Sept
- Wed2123 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Kuehneromyces mutabilis
Week's best 26 — on Fridayaverage 23by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2618 Sept
- Sat2219 Sept
- Sun2220 Sept
- Mon2321 Sept
- Tue2522 Sept
- Wed2323 Sept
- Thu2124 Sept
Suillus bovinus
Suillus bovinus
Week's best 26 — on Fridayaverage 22by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2618 Sept
- Sat2219 Sept
- Sun2220 Sept
- Mon2321 Sept
- Tue2322 Sept
- Wed2123 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Amanita pantherina
Amanita pantherina
Week's best 26 — on Fridayaverage 22by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2618 Sept
- Sat2219 Sept
- Sun2120 Sept
- Mon2221 Sept
- Tue2322 Sept
- Wed2123 Sept
- Thu1924 Sept
Russula foetens
Russula foetens
Week's best 26 — on Fridayaverage 23by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2618 Sept
- Sat2219 Sept
- Sun2220 Sept
- Mon2321 Sept
- Tue2422 Sept
- Wed2223 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Lycoperdon perlatum
Lycoperdon perlatum
Week's best 25 — on Fridayaverage 21by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «slow».
- Today2518 Sept
- Sat2019 Sept
- Sun2020 Sept
- Mon2121 Sept
- Tue2222 Sept
- Wed2023 Sept
- Thu1824 Sept
Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis
Week's best 24average 23by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2418 Sept
- Sat2219 Sept
- Sun2220 Sept
- Mon2321 Sept
- Tue2422 Sept
- Wed2323 Sept
- Thu2224 Sept
Macrolepiota procera
Macrolepiota procera
Week's best 24 — on Fridayaverage 21by the weekend steady
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today2418 Sept
- Sat1919 Sept
- Sun1920 Sept
- Mon2121 Sept
- Tue2122 Sept
- Wed2023 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Leccinum aurantiacum
Leccinum aurantiacum
Week's best 23average 21by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2318 Sept
- Sat2019 Sept
- Sun2020 Sept
- Mon2121 Sept
- Tue2122 Sept
- Wed2023 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Week's best 23 — on Fridayaverage 20by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today2318 Sept
- Sat2019 Sept
- Sun2020 Sept
- Mon2021 Sept
- Tue2122 Sept
- Wed1923 Sept
- Thu1824 Sept
Leccinum versipelle
Leccinum versipelle
Week's best 23average 21by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2318 Sept
- Sat2019 Sept
- Sun2020 Sept
- Mon2121 Sept
- Tue2122 Sept
- Wed2023 Sept
- Thu2024 Sept
Cantharellus cibarius
Cantharellus cibarius
Week's best 22average 20by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2218 Sept
- Sat1919 Sept
- Sun1920 Sept
- Mon1921 Sept
- Tue2022 Sept
- Wed2023 Sept
- Thu1924 Sept
Marasmius oreades
Marasmius oreades
Week's best 22 — on Fridayaverage 18by the weekend falling
Conditions are poor: even the week's best day only reaches «quiet».
- Today2218 Sept
- Sat1719 Sept
- Sun1720 Sept
- Mon1821 Sept
- Tue1922 Sept
- Wed1723 Sept
- Thu1624 Sept
Agaricus campestris
Agaricus campestris
Week's best 21average 19by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today2118 Sept
- Sat1719 Sept
- Sun1720 Sept
- Mon1921 Sept
- Tue2022 Sept
- Wed1923 Sept
- Thu1824 Sept
Russula delica
Russula delica
Week's best 19average 18by the weekend steady
Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.
- Today1918 Sept
- Sat1719 Sept
- Sun1720 Sept
- Mon1821 Sept
- Tue1922 Sept
- Wed1823 Sept
- Thu1724 Sept
Collybia personata near Shilka: where to look
Collybia personata: the species in brief
How to tell it
A pale buff to greyish cap on a thick lilac or violet stem. The contrast between the pale cap and coloured stem is characteristic, but should not be used as the only identification feature.
Where it grows
On pasture, downland, grassy commons, garden edges and other open, nutrient-rich ground.
In the kitchen
Cook thoroughly. The flesh is firm and works well fried, stewed or preserved.
Nutrition
Low in calories with a modest protein content.
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 Shilka in September 2026?
Today's foraging index is 45 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 Shilka?
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.