Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Gelsenkirchen

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Gelsenkirchen (68/100, favourable). Land: Nordrhein-Westfalen · altitude 48 m.

Gelsenkirchen is a German municipality (266 199 inhabitants), at an altitude of 48 m (Land: Nordrhein-Westfalen). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (68/100), hedgehog mushrooms (62/100), black trumpets (62/100) and parasol mushrooms (61/100). For wood blewits, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: slightly acidic soil. Weather: 2 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 3 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 0 to 10 °C.

Open on the map

26/ 100

Ceps

Unlikely

11/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

62/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

62/ 100

Black trumpets

Favourable

10/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unfavourable

68/ 100

Wood blewits

Favourable

35/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Possible

61/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Favourable

8-day forecast

Ceps

26Thu 5

23Fri 6

20Sat 7

16Sun 8

13Mon 9

10Tue 10

9Wed 11

9Thu 12

Chanterelles

11Thu 5

9Fri 6

8Sat 7

5Sun 8

4Mon 9

2Tue 10

2Wed 11

2Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

62Thu 5

62Fri 6

62Sat 7

59Sun 8

55Mon 9

45Tue 10

45Wed 11

48Thu 12

Black trumpets

62Thu 5

61Fri 6

60Sat 7

59Sun 8

58Mon 9

48Tue 10

47Wed 11

46Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

10Thu 5

9Fri 6

8Sat 7

8Sun 8

7Mon 9

6Tue 10

6Wed 11

6Thu 12

Wood blewits

68Thu 5

68Fri 6

67Sat 7

66Sun 8

64Mon 9

52Tue 10

50Wed 11

52Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

35Thu 5

33Fri 6

32Sat 7

29Sun 8

27Mon 9

21Tue 10

20Wed 11

20Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

61Thu 5

56Fri 6

50Sat 7

45Sun 8

39Mon 9

29Tue 10

28Wed 11

30Thu 12

Forests and soils around Gelsenkirchen

The terrain

Soil: slightly acidic (pH 6.5), balanced
Slope: 2° · south-facing

Habitat by species

Ceps	40	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: pedunculate oak
Chanterelles	30	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: birch, pedunculate oak
Morels	37	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	42	forest nearby, partly suitable tree species
Black trumpets	44	forest nearby, partly suitable tree species
Funnel chanterelles	7	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: birch
Wood blewits	48	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: pedunculate oak
Saffron milk caps	22	forest nearby, partly suitable tree species
Parasol mushrooms	55	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	10 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	81 %	37 %
Fri 30	8 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	82 %	36 %
Sat 31	6 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	85 %	36 %
Sun 1	10 °C	12 °C	0.9 mm	80 %	35 %
Mon 2	9 °C	10 °C	0.9 mm	88 %	35 %
Tue 3	6 °C	10 °C	0.1 mm	74 %	35 %
Wed 4	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	76 %	33 %
Thu 5 forecast	3 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	76 %	32 %
Fri 6 forecast	3 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	73 %	32 %
Sat 7 forecast	2 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	80 %	31 %
Sun 8 forecast	6 °C	8 °C	0.0 mm	87 %	31 %
Mon 9 forecast	3 °C	8 °C	0.0 mm	80 %	31 %
Tue 10 forecast	0 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	31 %
Wed 11 forecast	4 °C	9 °C	1.8 mm	94 %	32 %
Thu 12 forecast	8 °C	14 °C	1.0 mm	96 %	33 %

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

Going further

Mushrooms in Nordrhein-Westfalen · All Länder · Ranking of Länder · How the score is calculated

Neighbouring municipalities

Bochum · Herne · Bottrop · Recklinghausen · Marl · Gladbeck · Herten