Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Buch am Irchel

Today, hedgehog mushrooms are the best bet around Buch am Irchel (66/100, favourable). Canton: Zürich · altitude 536 m.

Buch am Irchel is a Swiss municipality (1 066 inhabitants), at an altitude of 536 m (canton: Zürich). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: hedgehog mushrooms (66/100). For hedgehog mushrooms, conditions are improving, with a peak expected on Thursday 12 November 2026 (81/100). Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (Norway spruce, beech and Scots pine), acidic soil. Weather: 0 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 6 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 1 to 8 °C.

Open on the map

19/ 100

Ceps

Unlikely

0/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

66/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

43/ 100

Black trumpets

Possible

30/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unlikely

42/ 100

Wood blewits

Possible

49/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Possible

37/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Possible

8-day forecast

Ceps

19Thu 5

15Fri 6

13Sat 7

13Sun 8

13Mon 9

13Tue 10

13Wed 11

13Thu 12

Chanterelles

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

2Mon 9

4Tue 10

6Wed 11

7Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

66Thu 5

64Fri 6

62Sat 7

63Sun 8

66Mon 9

70Tue 10

75Wed 11

81Thu 12

Black trumpets

43Thu 5

37Fri 6

33Sat 7

30Sun 8

28Mon 9

34Tue 10

33Wed 11

34Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

30Thu 5

24Fri 6

21Sat 7

17Sun 8

15Mon 9

23Tue 10

23Wed 11

25Thu 12

Wood blewits

42Thu 5

37Fri 6

34Sat 7

32Sun 8

32Mon 9

37Tue 10

37Wed 11

37Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

49Thu 5

44Fri 6

40Sat 7

38Sun 8

36Mon 9

37Tue 10

37Wed 11

37Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

37Thu 5

31Fri 6

29Sat 7

30Sun 8

31Mon 9

33Tue 10

36Wed 11

39Thu 12

Forests and soils around Buch am Irchel

The terrain

Likely trees: Norway spruce, beech, Scots pine
Soil: acidic (pH 5.4), balanced
Slope: 6° · north-facing

Habitat by species

Ceps	28	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: beech, Norway spruce, Scots pine
Chanterelles	37	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: beech, Norway spruce, Scots pine
Morels	42	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	29	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: beech, Norway spruce, Scots pine
Black trumpets	24	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: beech
Funnel chanterelles	33	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: beech, Norway spruce, Scots pine
Wood blewits	37	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: beech, Norway spruce, Scots pine
Saffron milk caps	28	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, Scots pine, silver fir
Parasol mushrooms	42	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	2 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	89 %	29 %
Fri 30	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	80 %	29 %
Sat 31	4 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	77 %	28 %
Sun 1	2 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	75 %	28 %
Mon 2	1 °C	6 °C	0.0 mm	81 %	27 %
Tue 3	4 °C	6 °C	0.0 mm	76 %	26 %
Wed 4	4 °C	6 °C	0.0 mm	80 %	26 %
Thu 5 forecast	3 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	84 %	26 %
Fri 6 forecast	1 °C	8 °C	0.0 mm	91 %	26 %
Sat 7 forecast	5 °C	9 °C	0.7 mm	95 %	27 %
Sun 8 forecast	5 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	91 %	26 %
Mon 9 forecast	5 °C	10 °C	1.5 mm	93 %	27 %
Tue 10 forecast	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	27 %
Wed 11 forecast	7 °C	13 °C	0.2 mm	86 %	27 %
Thu 12 forecast	8 °C	16 °C	3.3 mm	85 %	32 %

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

Going further

Mushrooms in Zürich · All cantons · Ranking of cantons · How the score is calculated

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