Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Wichelen

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Wichelen (63/100, favourable). Province: Oost-Vlaanderen · altitude 8 m.

Wichelen is a Belgian municipality (12 050 inhabitants), at an altitude of 8 m (province: Oost-Vlaanderen). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (63/100) and parasol mushrooms (56/100). For wood blewits, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: slightly acidic soil. Weather: 3 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 8 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 0 to 10 °C.

Open on the map

18/ 100

Ceps

Unlikely

8/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

33/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Unlikely

29/ 100

Black trumpets

Unlikely

8/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unfavourable

63/ 100

Wood blewits

Favourable

34/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Unlikely

56/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Favourable

8-day forecast

Ceps

18Thu 5

13Fri 6

11Sat 7

11Sun 8

9Mon 9

8Tue 10

8Wed 11

8Thu 12

Chanterelles

8Thu 5

4Fri 6

3Sat 7

4Sun 8

3Mon 9

1Tue 10

2Wed 11

4Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

33Thu 5

26Fri 6

26Sat 7

26Sun 8

25Mon 9

25Tue 10

26Wed 11

28Thu 12

Black trumpets

29Thu 5

24Fri 6

24Sat 7

23Sun 8

23Mon 9

23Tue 10

22Wed 11

22Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

8Thu 5

6Fri 6

6Sat 7

6Sun 8

6Mon 9

5Tue 10

6Wed 11

6Thu 12

Wood blewits

63Thu 5

52Fri 6

50Sat 7

50Sun 8

48Mon 9

47Tue 10

47Wed 11

50Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

34Thu 5

26Fri 6

25Sat 7

24Sun 8

22Mon 9

21Tue 10

21Wed 11

21Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

56Thu 5

41Fri 6

38Sat 7

38Sun 8

35Mon 9

31Tue 10

33Wed 11

37Thu 12

Forests and soils around Wichelen

The terrain

Soil: slightly acidic (pH 5.7), balanced
Slope: 1°

Habitat by species

Ceps	23	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Chanterelles	28	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Morels	32	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Hedgehog mushrooms	18	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Black trumpets	17	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Funnel chanterelles	8	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Wood blewits	51	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Saffron milk caps	21	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Parasol mushrooms	66	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	7 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	37 %
Fri 30	4 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	93 %	36 %
Sat 31	4 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	95 %	36 %
Sun 1	2 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	95 %	35 %
Mon 2	6 °C	11 °C	2.8 mm	94 %	35 %
Tue 3	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	36 %
Wed 4	3 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	82 %	35 %
Thu 5 forecast	1 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	34 %
Fri 6 forecast	0 °C	8 °C	0.1 mm	91 %	34 %
Sat 7 forecast	4 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	94 %	34 %
Sun 8 forecast	6 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	34 %
Mon 9 forecast	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	89 %	33 %
Tue 10 forecast	2 °C	9 °C	0.4 mm	89 %	33 %
Wed 11 forecast	7 °C	12 °C	6.0 mm	97 %	37 %
Thu 12 forecast	10 °C	15 °C	1.2 mm	94 %	37 %

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

Going further

Mushrooms in Oost-Vlaanderen · All provinces · Ranking of provinces · How the score is calculated

Neighbouring municipalities

Alost · Termonde · Wetteren · Zele · Denderleeuw · Erpe-Mere · Haaltert · Lede