Fairy Ring Champignon in Marche: the week ahead

Marasmius oreades

The map below is built from the measurement network. A 2.5 km grid with a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.

Today

Fairy Ring Champignon
Quiet

confidence 45%

Flush phase

  1. Quiet
  2. Starting
  3. Building
  4. Peak
  5. Fading

Updated 17 September 2026, 11:22 BST

7 days

Index, day by day

Week's best 14average 13by the weekend steady

Conditions stay poor all week — not worth the trip yet.

  1. Today1217 Sept
  2. Fri1318 Sept
  3. Sat1319 Sept
  4. Sun1220 Sept
  5. Mon1321 Sept
  6. Tue1322 Sept
  7. Wed1423 Sept

Numbers are taken at the measurement point nearest the centre of the region — a real calculation at one place, not an average over the area.

Map

Where to look: fairy ring champignon

A field over the measurement network. The colour here is for the leading species at each point, not for this one; a per-species layer is computed for one region so far.

About the species. Edible when correctly identified. It can grow in the same grassland as poisonous white funnel mushrooms. The gills of Fairy Ring Champignon are pale and widely spaced; poisonous funnels usually have more crowded gills running down the stem. Do not rely on one feature alone.

Fairy Ring Champignon in Marche: where to look

Fairy Ring Champignon — botanical illustration

Fairy Ring Champignon: the species in brief

How to tell it

A small buff to tan mushroom with a low central bump. The stem is thin, tough and flexible. It often grows in rings or arcs in grass.

Where it grows

On lawns, meadows, pasture, playing fields and other short grass. Widespread across Europe.

In the kitchen

The caps are the useful part; the stems are usually too tough. The caps can be fried or dried and used as a strongly flavoured seasoning.

Nutrition

Low in calories and usually gathered for flavour rather than bulk.

This is a note about the species, not about what is in your basket. Full card with lookalikes →

What else is out here now

The other species in this region, by today's index.

Fairy Ring Champignon in neighbouring regions

A regional boundary means nothing to a mushroom, and the next region is sometimes closer than the far side of your own. The index is for today.