Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Benken (SG)

Today, wood blewits have the best chances around Benken (SG) (72/100, favourable). Canton : St. Gallen · altitude 409 m.

Benken (SG) is a Swiss municipality (3 073 inhabitants), at an altitude of 409 m (canton: St. Gallen). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (72/100) and parasol mushrooms (56/100). For wood blewits, conditions remain stable, with a maximum on Saturday 7 November 2026 (73/100). Terrain: slightly acidic soil. Weather: 0 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 16 mm of rain are expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 2 to 12 °C.

Open on the map

17/ 100

Ceps

Unlikely

5/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

39/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Possible

28/ 100

Black trumpets

Unlikely

9/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unfavourable

72/ 100

Wood blewits

Favourable

27/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Unlikely

56/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Favourable

8-day forecast

Ceps

17Thu 5

16Fri 6

16Sat 7

15Sun 8

16Mon 9

17Tue 10

17Wed 11

16Thu 12

Chanterelles

5Thu 5

5Fri 6

5Sat 7

5Sun 8

6Mon 9

7Tue 10

8Wed 11

8Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

39Thu 5

39Fri 6

40Sat 7

41Sun 8

44Mon 9

45Tue 10

45Wed 11

45Thu 12

Black trumpets

28Thu 5

27Fri 6

26Sat 7

26Sun 8

26Mon 9

26Tue 10

26Wed 11

26Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

9Thu 5

9Fri 6

9Sat 7

9Sun 8

10Mon 9

11Tue 10

11Wed 11

12Thu 12

Wood blewits

72Thu 5

72Fri 6

73Sat 7

73Sun 8

72Mon 9

73Tue 10

73Wed 11

73Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

27Thu 5

26Fri 6

25Sat 7

24Sun 8

25Mon 9

24Tue 10

23Wed 11

22Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

56Thu 5

55Fri 6

54Sat 7

56Sun 8

61Mon 9

65Tue 10

71Wed 11

68Thu 12

Forests and soils around Benken (SG)

The terrain

Soil: slightly acidic (pH 5.8), équilibrée
Slope: 1° · ubac

Habitat by species

Ceps	10	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Chanterelles	9	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Morels	34	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Hedgehog mushrooms	10	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Black trumpets	6	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Funnel chanterelles	4	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Wood blewits	61	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Saffron milk caps	7	small woods — mushrooms can perfectly well grow there, over small areas
Parasol mushrooms	78	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	11 °C	0.0 mm	93 %	33 %
Fri 30	6 °C	10 °C	0.1 mm	91 %	32 %
Sat 31	6 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	90 %	32 %
Sun 1	4 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	80 %	31 %
Mon 2	2 °C	7 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	30 %
Tue 3	5 °C	7 °C	0.0 mm	87 %	30 %
Wed 4	5 °C	8 °C	0.0 mm	90 %	29 %
Thu 5 forecast	4 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	90 %	29 %
Fri 6 forecast	5 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	29 %
Sat 7 forecast	7 °C	11 °C	2.5 mm	91 %	29 %
Sun 8 forecast	6 °C	11 °C	1.5 mm	87 %	28 %
Mon 9 forecast	8 °C	13 °C	11.1 mm	83 %	31 %
Tue 10 forecast	9 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	69 %	27 %
Wed 11 forecast	12 °C	18 °C	0.0 mm	75 %	27 %
Thu 12 forecast	10 °C	18 °C	0.4 mm	73 %	33 %

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

Going further

Mushrooms in St. Gallen · All cantons · Ranking of cantons · How the score is calculated

Neighbouring municipalities

Rapperswil-Jona · Eschenbach (SG) · Wattwil · Uznach · Gommiswald · Ebnat-Kappel · Kaltbrunn · Schänis