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Wednesday 4 November 2026

Mushrooms in Balen

Today, wood blewits have the best chances around Balen (71/100, favourable). Province : Antwerpen · altitude 32 m.

Balen is a Belgian municipality (23 777 inhabitants), at an altitude of 32 m (province: Antwerpen). On Wednesday 4 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (71/100), hedgehog mushrooms (63/100), black trumpets (58/100) and funnel chanterelles (55/100). For wood blewits, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: acidic soil. Weather: 1 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 7 mm of rain are expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 1 to 9 °C.

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Ceps

Unlikely

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

Morels

Unfavourable

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

Black trumpets

Favourable

Funnel chanterelles

Favourable

Wood blewits

Favourable

Saffron milk caps

Possible

Parasol mushrooms

Possible

8-day forecast

Ceps

Chanterelles

Morels

Hedgehog mushrooms

Black trumpets

Funnel chanterelles

Wood blewits

Saffron milk caps

Parasol mushrooms

Forests and soils around Balen

The terrain

Soil
acidic (pH 5.2), sableuse
Slope
1° · adret

Habitat by species

Ceps57fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Scots pine
Chanterelles87fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: birch, Scots pine
Morels33fine forest nearby with suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms43forest nearby, partly suitable tree species
Black trumpets35forest nearby, partly suitable tree species
Funnel chanterelles49fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: birch, Scots pine
Wood blewits51fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Scots pine
Saffron milk caps65fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: black pine, Scots pine
Parasol mushrooms68fine forest nearby with suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

DayMinMaxRainAir humiditySoil moisture
Wed 28 7 °C14 °C 0.0 mm87 %26 %
Thu 29 5 °C15 °C 0.0 mm89 %24 %
Fri 30 5 °C14 °C 0.0 mm92 %24 %
Sat 31 4 °C10 °C 0.0 mm95 %23 %
Sun 1 2 °C10 °C 0.3 mm95 %23 %
Mon 2 6 °C11 °C 0.6 mm94 %25 %
Tue 3 4 °C10 °C 0.0 mm84 %24 %
Wed 4 forecast 4 °C10 °C 0.0 mm77 %23 %
Thu 5 forecast 2 °C11 °C 0.0 mm82 %22 %
Fri 6 forecast 1 °C11 °C 0.0 mm85 %22 %
Sat 7 forecast 3 °C10 °C 0.0 mm91 %21 %
Sun 8 forecast 3 °C10 °C 0.0 mm82 %21 %
Mon 9 forecast 1 °C8 °C 0.0 mm94 %21 %
Tue 10 forecast 2 °C10 °C 1.8 mm94 %22 %
Wed 11 forecast 9 °C13 °C 5.2 mm98 %24 %

Temperatures corrected for the altitude of the municipality. Source: Open-Meteo.

Going further

Mushrooms in Antwerpen · All provinces · Ranking of provinces · How the score is calculated

Neighbouring municipalities

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