Wednesday 4 November 2026

Mushrooms in Morcote

Today, parasol mushrooms have the best chances around Morcote (94/100, very favourable). Canton : Ticino · altitude 499 m.

Morcote is a Swiss municipality (713 inhabitants), at an altitude of 499 m (canton: Ticino). On Wednesday 4 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: parasol mushrooms (94/100), black trumpets (90/100), wood blewits (90/100) and hedgehog mushrooms (86/100). For parasol mushrooms, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (sweet chestnut, beech, birch and sessile oak), slightly acidic soil. Weather: 0 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 17 mm of rain are expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 4 to 11 °C.

Open on the map

51/ 100

Ceps

Possible

20/ 100

Chanterelles

Unlikely

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

86/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Very favourable

90/ 100

Black trumpets

Very favourable

22/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unlikely

90/ 100

Wood blewits

Very favourable

41/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Possible

94/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Very favourable

8-day forecast

Ceps

51Wed 4

46Thu 5

42Fri 6

39Sat 7

37Sun 8

34Mon 9

33Tue 10

32Wed 11

Chanterelles

20Wed 4

17Thu 5

15Fri 6

14Sat 7

13Sun 8

12Mon 9

12Tue 10

12Wed 11

Morels

0Wed 4

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

Hedgehog mushrooms

86Wed 4

86Thu 5

86Fri 6

86Sat 7

86Sun 8

86Mon 9

86Tue 10

86Wed 11

Black trumpets

90Wed 4

89Thu 5

88Fri 6

89Sat 7

89Sun 8

90Mon 9

90Tue 10

90Wed 11

Funnel chanterelles

22Wed 4

21Thu 5

21Fri 6

20Sat 7

21Sun 8

21Mon 9

21Tue 10

23Wed 11

Wood blewits

90Wed 4

90Thu 5

90Fri 6

90Sat 7

90Sun 8

90Mon 9

90Tue 10

90Wed 11

Saffron milk caps

41Wed 4

39Thu 5

38Fri 6

36Sat 7

35Sun 8

34Mon 9

32Tue 10

31Wed 11

Parasol mushrooms

94Wed 4

90Thu 5

86Fri 6

85Sat 7

82Sun 8

79Mon 9

79Tue 10

81Wed 11

Forests and soils around Morcote

The terrain

Likely trees: sweet chestnut, beech, birch, sessile oak
Soil: slightly acidic (pH 6.4), équilibrée
Slope: 26° · adret

Habitat by species

Ceps	72	large forest of suitable host trees: sessile oak, downy oak, beech
Chanterelles	41	large forest of suitable host trees: sessile oak, beech, birch
Morels	57	large forest of suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	79	large forest of suitable host trees: sessile oak, beech, Norway spruce
Black trumpets	84	large forest of suitable host trees: sessile oak, downy oak, beech
Funnel chanterelles	14	large forest of suitable host trees: beech, birch, Norway spruce
Wood blewits	87	large forest of suitable host trees: sessile oak, beech, sweet chestnut
Saffron milk caps	21	large forest, but tree species poorly suited to the saffron milk cap
Parasol mushrooms	95	large forest of suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Wed 28	8 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	28 %
Thu 29	8 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	82 %	28 %
Fri 30	9 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	84 %	27 %
Sat 31	7 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	85 %	27 %
Sun 1	5 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	76 %	27 %
Mon 2	4 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	63 %	26 %
Tue 3	5 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	77 %	26 %
Wed 4 forecast	7 °C	8 °C	0.5 mm	93 %	29 %
Thu 5 forecast	7 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	29 %
Fri 6 forecast	8 °C	11 °C	0.2 mm	83 %	27 %
Sat 7 forecast	8 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	80 %	26 %
Sun 8 forecast	8 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	85 %	26 %
Mon 9 forecast	8 °C	10 °C	5.8 mm	86 %	27 %
Tue 10 forecast	10 °C	12 °C	5.6 mm	92 %	30 %
Wed 11 forecast	11 °C	13 °C	5.4 mm	95 %	34 %

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

Going further

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

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