Wednesday 4 November 2026

Mushrooms in Essel

Today, hedgehog mushrooms have the best chances around Essel (94/100, very favourable). Land : Niedersachsen · altitude 39 m.

Essel is a German municipality (1 222 inhabitants), at an altitude of 39 m (Land: Niedersachsen). On Wednesday 4 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: hedgehog mushrooms (94/100) and saffron milk caps (60/100). For hedgehog mushrooms, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: very acidic soil. Weather: 1 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 9 mm of rain are expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 1 to 8 °C.

Open on the map

23/ 100

Ceps

Unlikely

11/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

94/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Very favourable

37/ 100

Black trumpets

Possible

33/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unlikely

43/ 100

Wood blewits

Possible

60/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Favourable

53/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Possible

8-day forecast

Ceps

23Wed 4

20Thu 5

19Fri 6

14Sat 7

11Sun 8

9Mon 9

7Tue 10

5Wed 11

Chanterelles

11Wed 4

9Thu 5

9Fri 6

5Sat 7

2Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

Morels

0Wed 4

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

Hedgehog mushrooms

94Wed 4

92Thu 5

93Fri 6

84Sat 7

78Sun 8

75Mon 9

69Tue 10

66Wed 11

Black trumpets

37Wed 4

35Thu 5

35Fri 6

33Sat 7

32Sun 8

30Mon 9

27Tue 10

24Wed 11

Funnel chanterelles

33Wed 4

31Thu 5

30Fri 6

25Sat 7

22Sun 8

20Mon 9

16Tue 10

12Wed 11

Wood blewits

43Wed 4

43Thu 5

42Fri 6

40Sat 7

37Sun 8

34Mon 9

31Tue 10

29Wed 11

Saffron milk caps

60Wed 4

55Thu 5

53Fri 6

46Sat 7

42Sun 8

38Mon 9

34Tue 10

30Wed 11

Parasol mushrooms

53Wed 4

48Thu 5

47Fri 6

39Sat 7

33Sun 8

30Mon 9

24Tue 10

20Wed 11

Forests and soils around Essel

The terrain

Soil: very acidic (pH 4.4), sableuse
Slope: 3° · ubac

Habitat by species

Ceps	77	large forest of suitable host trees: downy oak, maritime pine, silver fir
Chanterelles	100	large forest of suitable host trees: maritime pine, beech, pedunculate oak
Morels	45	large forest of suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	96	large forest of suitable host trees: silver fir, beech, sessile oak
Black trumpets	57	large forest of suitable host trees: downy oak, beech, pedunculate oak
Funnel chanterelles	100	large forest of suitable host trees: silver fir, beech, Norway spruce
Wood blewits	65	large forest of suitable host trees: silver fir, beech, pedunculate oak
Saffron milk caps	100	large forest of suitable host trees: black pine, maritime pine, silver fir
Parasol mushrooms	81	large forest of suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Wed 28	8 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	89 %	19 %
Thu 29	6 °C	12 °C	0.1 mm	93 %	18 %
Fri 30	1 °C	8 °C	0.0 mm	98 %	18 %
Sat 31	8 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	94 %	18 %
Sun 1	8 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	84 %	18 %
Mon 2	7 °C	8 °C	0.7 mm	90 %	20 %
Tue 3	6 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	19 %
Wed 4 forecast	4 °C	8 °C	0.0 mm	84 %	18 %
Thu 5 forecast	3 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	18 %
Fri 6 forecast	3 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	81 %	18 %
Sat 7 forecast	2 °C	4 °C	0.0 mm	89 %	18 %
Sun 8 forecast	2 °C	9 °C	0.3 mm	89 %	17 %
Mon 9 forecast	2 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	90 %	17 %
Tue 10 forecast	3 °C	6 °C	7.3 mm	89 %	18 %
Wed 11 forecast	2 °C	7 °C	1.6 mm	86 %	22 %

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

Going further

Mushrooms in Niedersachsen · All Länder · Ranking of Länder · How the score is calculated

Neighbouring municipalities

Wietze · Schwarmstedt · Hodenhagen · Lindwedel · Buchholz (Aller) · Gilten · Hademstorf · Eickeloh