Mushrooms in Saint-Alban
Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Saint-Alban (83/100, very favourable). Département: Ain · altitude 521 m.
Saint-Alban is a municipality (195 inhabitants), at an altitude of 521 m (département: Ain, 01). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (83/100), black trumpets (77/100), hedgehog mushrooms (65/100) and saffron milk caps (61/100). For wood blewits, conditions remain stable, with a maximum on Friday 6 November 2026 (84/100). Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (beech, sessile oak, Norway spruce and silver fir), slightly acidic soil. Weather: 2 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 26 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 1 to 11 °C.
Ceps
UnlikelyChanterelles
UnfavourableMorels
UnfavourableHedgehog mushrooms
FavourableBlack trumpets
Very favourableFunnel chanterelles
UnlikelyWood blewits
Very favourableSaffron milk caps
FavourableParasol mushrooms
Possible8-day forecast
Forests and soils around Saint-Alban
The terrain
- Likely trees
- beech, sessile oak, Norway spruce, silver fir
- Soil
- slightly acidic (pH 6.3), balanced
- Slope
- 5° · north-facing
Habitat by species
| Ceps | 79 | large forest of suitable host trees: sessile oak, downy oak, beech |
| Chanterelles | 48 | large forest of suitable host trees: sessile oak, beech, Norway spruce |
| Morels | 50 | large forest of suitable host trees |
| Hedgehog mushrooms | 92 | large forest of suitable host trees: sessile oak, beech, Norway spruce |
| Black trumpets | 85 | large forest of suitable host trees: sessile oak, downy oak, beech |
| Funnel chanterelles | 19 | large forest of suitable host trees: beech, Norway spruce, silver fir |
| Wood blewits | 84 | large forest of suitable host trees: sessile oak, beech, Norway spruce |
| Saffron milk caps | 89 | large forest of suitable host trees: Norway spruce, black pine, silver fir |
| Parasol mushrooms | 92 | large forest of suitable host trees |
Recent and forecast weather
| Day | Min | Max | Rain | Air humidity | Soil moisture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 29 | 4 °C | 11 °C | 0.0 mm | 92 % | 32 % |
| Fri 30 | 4 °C | 12 °C | 0.0 mm | 89 % | 31 % |
| Sat 31 | 3 °C | 10 °C | 0.0 mm | 90 % | 31 % |
| Sun 1 | 2 °C | 11 °C | 0.0 mm | 80 % | 30 % |
| Mon 2 | 1 °C | 7 °C | 0.0 mm | 81 % | 30 % |
| Tue 3 | 2 °C | 8 °C | 0.0 mm | 86 % | 30 % |
| Wed 4 | 2 °C | 9 °C | 0.2 mm | 86 % | 30 % |
| Thu 5 forecast | 5 °C | 12 °C | 1.6 mm | 88 % | 30 % |
| Fri 6 forecast | 7 °C | 9 °C | 0.8 mm | 95 % | 32 % |
| Sat 7 forecast | 5 °C | 9 °C | 0.2 mm | 97 % | 37 % |
| Sun 8 forecast | 5 °C | 12 °C | 0.0 mm | 84 % | 35 % |
| Mon 9 forecast | 10 °C | 15 °C | 0.0 mm | 82 % | 34 % |
| Tue 10 forecast | 11 °C | 16 °C | 2.9 mm | 79 % | 33 % |
| Wed 11 forecast | 10 °C | 14 °C | 5.3 mm | 89 % | 35 % |
| Thu 12 forecast | 11 °C | 16 °C | 16.4 mm | 95 % | 43 % |
Temperatures corrected for the altitude of the municipality. Source: Open-Meteo.
Going further
Mushrooms in Ain · All départements · Ranking of départements · How the score is calculated
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