Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Altenkirchen (Westerwald) (75/100, very favourable). Land: Rheinland-Pfalz · altitude 230 m.

Altenkirchen (Westerwald) is a German municipality (6 797 inhabitants), at an altitude of 230 m (Land: Rheinland-Pfalz). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (75/100), black trumpets (73/100) and hedgehog mushrooms (69/100). For wood blewits, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (Norway spruce), slightly acidic soil. Weather: 0 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 12 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 1 to 10 °C.

Open on the map

22/ 100

Ceps

Unlikely

4/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

69/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

73/ 100

Black trumpets

Favourable

25/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unlikely

75/ 100

Wood blewits

Very favourable

47/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Possible

47/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Possible

8-day forecast

Ceps

22Thu 5

19Fri 6

14Sat 7

13Sun 8

12Mon 9

11Tue 10

11Wed 11

11Thu 12

Chanterelles

4Thu 5

2Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

2Tue 10

2Wed 11

3Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

69Thu 5

67Fri 6

56Sat 7

56Sun 8

56Mon 9

57Tue 10

60Wed 11

64Thu 12

Black trumpets

73Thu 5

71Fri 6

58Sat 7

57Sun 8

55Mon 9

54Tue 10

53Wed 11

54Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

25Thu 5

23Fri 6

18Sat 7

18Sun 8

17Mon 9

17Tue 10

18Wed 11

20Thu 12

Wood blewits

75Thu 5

72Fri 6

59Sat 7

58Sun 8

56Mon 9

56Tue 10

57Wed 11

59Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

47Thu 5

44Fri 6

35Sat 7

33Sun 8

32Mon 9

31Tue 10

30Wed 11

30Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

47Thu 5

43Fri 6

33Sat 7

32Sun 8

31Mon 9

32Tue 10

34Wed 11

35Thu 12

Forests and soils around Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

The terrain

Likely trees: Norway spruce
Soil: slightly acidic (pH 6.2), balanced
Slope: 3°

Habitat by species

Ceps	71	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, Scots pine, beech
Chanterelles	42	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, birch, Scots pine
Morels	33	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	70	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, Scots pine, beech
Black trumpets	61	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: beech, sessile oak, pedunculate oak
Funnel chanterelles	19	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, birch, Scots pine
Wood blewits	55	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, Scots pine, beech
Saffron milk caps	53	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: Norway spruce, Scots pine
Parasol mushrooms	63	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	2 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	93 %	29 %
Fri 30	5 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	89 %	28 %
Sat 31	2 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	91 %	28 %
Sun 1	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	28 %
Mon 2	4 °C	8 °C	0.3 mm	91 %	28 %
Tue 3	4 °C	7 °C	0.0 mm	75 %	27 %
Wed 4	5 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	71 %	26 %
Thu 5 forecast	4 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	72 %	26 %
Fri 6 forecast	3 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	73 %	26 %
Sat 7 forecast	1 °C	7 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	26 %
Sun 8 forecast	5 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	26 %
Mon 9 forecast	4 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	26 %
Tue 10 forecast	6 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	81 %	24 %
Wed 11 forecast	9 °C	14 °C	0.9 mm	80 %	24 %
Thu 12 forecast	10 °C	14 °C	10.6 mm	96 %	39 %

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

Going further

Mushrooms in Rheinland-Pfalz · All Länder · Ranking of Länder · How the score is calculated

Neighbouring municipalities

Wissen · Hamm (Sieg) · Herschbach · Puderbach · Horhausen (Westerwald) · Raubach · Hattert · Roth