Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Hechtel-Eksel

Today, wood blewits have the best chances around Hechtel-Eksel (57/100, favourable). Province : Limburg · altitude 64 m.

Hechtel-Eksel is a Belgian municipality (13 105 inhabitants), at an altitude of 64 m (province: Limburg). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (57/100) and hedgehog mushrooms (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, 5 mm of rain are expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 1 to 9 °C.

Open on the map

19/ 100

Ceps

Unlikely

9/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

55/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

46/ 100

Black trumpets

Possible

38/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Possible

57/ 100

Wood blewits

Favourable

31/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Unlikely

48/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Possible

8-day forecast

Ceps

19Thu 5

14Fri 6

12Sat 7

10Sun 8

9Mon 9

6Tue 10

5Wed 11

5Thu 12

Chanterelles

9Thu 5

5Fri 6

4Sat 7

3Sun 8

2Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

2Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

55Thu 5

44Fri 6

42Sat 7

42Sun 8

40Mon 9

31Tue 10

31Wed 11

33Thu 12

Black trumpets

46Thu 5

39Fri 6

8Sat 7

8Sun 8

8Mon 9

8Tue 10

7Wed 11

6Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

38Thu 5

31Fri 6

7Sat 7

6Sun 8

6Mon 9

5Tue 10

5Wed 11

5Thu 12

Wood blewits

57Thu 5

43Fri 6

22Sat 7

9Sun 8

9Mon 9

8Tue 10

9Wed 11

8Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

31Thu 5

23Fri 6

21Sat 7

20Sun 8

18Mon 9

13Tue 10

12Wed 11

12Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

48Thu 5

35Fri 6

32Sat 7

30Sun 8

27Mon 9

19Tue 10

18Wed 11

21Thu 12

Forests and soils around Hechtel-Eksel

The terrain

Soil: acidic (pH 4.9), sableuse
Slope: 2° · ubac

Habitat by species

Ceps	77	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: pedunculate oak, sessile oak, Scots pine
Chanterelles	100	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: birch, pedunculate oak, sessile oak
Morels	39	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	51	forest nearby, partly suitable tree species
Black trumpets	54	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: pedunculate oak, sessile oak
Funnel chanterelles	63	forest nearby, partly suitable tree species
Wood blewits	69	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: pedunculate oak, sessile oak, Scots pine
Saffron milk caps	43	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: black pine, Scots pine
Parasol mushrooms	91	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	6 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	90 %	24 %
Fri 30	5 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	93 %	24 %
Sat 31	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	96 %	23 %
Sun 1	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	96 %	23 %
Mon 2	6 °C	11 °C	1.3 mm	95 %	24 %
Tue 3	5 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	24 %
Wed 4	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	76 %	22 %
Thu 5 forecast	3 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	21 %
Fri 6 forecast	1 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	21 %
Sat 7 forecast	2 °C	8 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	21 %
Sun 8 forecast	5 °C	7 °C	0.0 mm	85 %	20 %
Mon 9 forecast	3 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	84 %	20 %
Tue 10 forecast	1 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	20 %
Wed 11 forecast	5 °C	11 °C	4.2 mm	96 %	22 %
Thu 12 forecast	9 °C	16 °C	0.8 mm	93 %	23 %

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

Going further

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

Neighbouring municipalities

Beringen · Lommel · Heusden-Zolder · Pelt · Houthalen-Helchteren · Bourg-Léopold · Peer