Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Le Castellard-Mélan

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Le Castellard-Mélan (65/100, favourable). Département: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · altitude 1246 m.

Le Castellard-Mélan is a municipality (64 inhabitants), at an altitude of 1246 m (département: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 04). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (65/100) and black trumpets (55/100). For wood blewits, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (downy oak and Scots pine), neutral soil. Weather: 4 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 82 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 0 to 8 °C.

Open on the map

10/ 100

Ceps

Unfavourable

3/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

53/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Possible

55/ 100

Black trumpets

Favourable

16/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unlikely

65/ 100

Wood blewits

Favourable

39/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Possible

38/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Possible

8-day forecast

Ceps

10Thu 5

7Fri 6

5Sat 7

2Sun 8

2Mon 9

2Tue 10

2Wed 11

2Thu 12

Chanterelles

3Thu 5

1Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

1Wed 11

1Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

53Thu 5

49Fri 6

36Sat 7

24Sun 8

26Mon 9

27Tue 10

29Wed 11

30Thu 12

Black trumpets

55Thu 5

55Fri 6

42Sat 7

29Sun 8

30Mon 9

31Tue 10

32Wed 11

32Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

16Thu 5

15Fri 6

11Sat 7

8Sun 8

8Mon 9

9Tue 10

9Wed 11

9Thu 12

Wood blewits

65Thu 5

62Fri 6

46Sat 7

32Sun 8

33Mon 9

35Tue 10

36Wed 11

37Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

39Thu 5

36Fri 6

26Sat 7

16Sun 8

16Mon 9

16Tue 10

16Wed 11

15Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

38Thu 5

32Fri 6

21Sat 7

12Sun 8

13Mon 9

14Tue 10

15Wed 11

15Thu 12

Forests and soils around Le Castellard-Mélan

The terrain

Likely trees: downy oak, Scots pine
Soil: neutral (pH 7.0), balanced
Slope: 15° · south-facing

Habitat by species

Ceps	33	large forest of suitable host trees: downy oak, Scots pine, beech
Chanterelles	42	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, beech
Morels	100	large forest of suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	77	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, beech
Black trumpets	68	large forest of suitable host trees: downy oak, beech
Funnel chanterelles	17	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, beech
Wood blewits	92	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, beech
Saffron milk caps	87	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, black pine
Parasol mushrooms	98	large forest of suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	7 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	82 %	27 %
Fri 30	7 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	84 %	27 %
Sat 31	5 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	84 %	26 %
Sun 1	3 °C	11 °C	2.3 mm	84 %	26 %
Mon 2	-0 °C	9 °C	0.0 mm	70 %	27 %
Tue 3	2 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	56 %	26 %
Wed 4	3 °C	8 °C	0.5 mm	62 %	26 %
Thu 5 forecast	7 °C	10 °C	0.7 mm	68 %	28 %
Fri 6 forecast	3 °C	7 °C	5.2 mm	87 %	36 %
Sat 7 forecast	-0 °C	8 °C	0.3 mm	87 %	36 %
Sun 8 forecast	0 °C	6 °C	4.3 mm	87 %	35 %
Mon 9 forecast	5 °C	9 °C	11.6 mm	90 %	38 %
Tue 10 forecast	7 °C	10 °C	3.6 mm	82 %	30 %
Wed 11 forecast	8 °C	10 °C	19.1 mm	88 %	38 %
Thu 12 forecast	6 °C	13 °C	38.2 mm	93 %	43 %

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

Going further

Mushrooms in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · All départements · Ranking of départements · How the score is calculated

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