Wednesday 4 November 2026

Mushrooms in Lichtensteig

Today, wood blewits have the best chances around Lichtensteig (71/100, favourable). Canton : St. Gallen · altitude 762 m.

Lichtensteig is a Swiss municipality (2 141 inhabitants), at an altitude of 762 m (canton: St. Gallen). On Wednesday 4 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (71/100), black trumpets (62/100) and hedgehog mushrooms (55/100). For wood blewits, conditions are improving, with a peak expected on Wednesday 11 November 2026 (85/100). Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (Norway spruce, silver fir and beech), slightly acidic soil. Weather: 1 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 25 mm of rain are expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 1 to 10 °C.

Open on the map

12/ 100

Ceps

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

55/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

62/ 100

Black trumpets

Favourable

47/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Possible

71/ 100

Wood blewits

Favourable

45/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Possible

29/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Unlikely

8-day forecast

Ceps

12Wed 4

9Thu 5

8Fri 6

8Sat 7

8Sun 8

11Mon 9

12Tue 10

12Wed 11

Chanterelles

0Wed 4

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

5Tue 10

6Wed 11

Morels

0Wed 4

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

Hedgehog mushrooms

55Wed 4

53Thu 5

52Fri 6

53Sat 7

54Sun 8

62Mon 9

72Tue 10

80Wed 11

Black trumpets

62Wed 4

61Thu 5

60Fri 6

61Sat 7

62Sun 8

67Mon 9

70Tue 10

70Wed 11

Funnel chanterelles

47Wed 4

46Thu 5

45Fri 6

46Sat 7

46Sun 8

54Mon 9

63Tue 10

70Wed 11

Wood blewits

71Wed 4

68Thu 5

68Fri 6

69Sat 7

70Sun 8

76Mon 9

83Tue 10

85Wed 11

Saffron milk caps

45Wed 4

42Thu 5

40Fri 6

39Sat 7

37Sun 8

38Mon 9

40Tue 10

40Wed 11

Parasol mushrooms

29Wed 4

23Thu 5

20Fri 6

22Sat 7

23Sun 8

33Mon 9

43Tue 10

49Wed 11

Forests and soils around Lichtensteig

The terrain

Likely trees: Norway spruce, silver fir, beech
Soil: slightly acidic (pH 5.5), équilibrée
Slope: 17°

Habitat by species

Ceps	73	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, silver fir, beech
Chanterelles	92	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, beech
Morels	45	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	71	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, silver fir, beech
Black trumpets	54	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: beech
Funnel chanterelles	79	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, silver fir, beech
Wood blewits	81	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, silver fir, beech
Saffron milk caps	68	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, silver fir
Parasol mushrooms	92	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Wed 28	5 °C	10 °C	0.6 mm	94 %	31 %
Thu 29	5 °C	8 °C	0.0 mm	96 %	31 %
Fri 30	4 °C	8 °C	0.1 mm	91 %	31 %
Sat 31	3 °C	8 °C	0.2 mm	92 %	30 %
Sun 1	3 °C	7 °C	0.0 mm	85 %	29 %
Mon 2	1 °C	5 °C	0.2 mm	87 %	28 %
Tue 3	3 °C	4 °C	0.3 mm	93 %	28 %
Wed 4 forecast	2 °C	6 °C	0.0 mm	94 %	28 %
Thu 5 forecast	1 °C	8 °C	0.0 mm	94 %	27 %
Fri 6 forecast	3 °C	8 °C	0.1 mm	93 %	27 %
Sat 7 forecast	2 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	90 %	27 %
Sun 8 forecast	1 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	26 %
Mon 9 forecast	6 °C	12 °C	9.7 mm	85 %	30 %
Tue 10 forecast	10 °C	14 °C	15.3 mm	88 %	33 %
Wed 11 forecast	9 °C	17 °C	0.1 mm	83 %	34 %

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

Gossau (SG) · Flawil · Eschenbach (SG) · Kirchberg (SG) · Wattwil · Uznach · Oberuzwil · Neckertal