Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in La Motte-du-Caire

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around La Motte-du-Caire (100/100, very favourable). Département: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · altitude 823 m.

La Motte-du-Caire is a municipality (546 inhabitants), at an altitude of 823 m (département: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 04). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (100/100), hedgehog mushrooms (67/100), black trumpets (61/100), parasol mushrooms (58/100) and saffron milk caps (56/100). For wood blewits, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (Scots pine, downy oak and black pine), neutral soil. Weather: 3 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 43 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 1 to 9 °C.

Open on the map

18/ 100

Ceps

Unlikely

10/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

67/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Favourable

61/ 100

Black trumpets

Favourable

37/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Possible

100/ 100

Wood blewits

Very favourable

56/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Favourable

58/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Favourable

8-day forecast

Ceps

18Thu 5

15Fri 6

13Sat 7

12Sun 8

12Mon 9

12Tue 10

11Wed 11

11Thu 12

Chanterelles

10Thu 5

8Fri 6

6Sat 7

5Sun 8

6Mon 9

6Tue 10

6Wed 11

6Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

67Thu 5

67Fri 6

63Sat 7

61Sun 8

64Mon 9

66Tue 10

67Wed 11

67Thu 12

Black trumpets

61Thu 5

61Fri 6

61Sat 7

61Sun 8

61Mon 9

61Tue 10

61Wed 11

61Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

37Thu 5

25Fri 6

24Sat 7

23Sun 8

24Mon 9

25Tue 10

26Wed 11

27Thu 12

Wood blewits

100Thu 5

70Fri 6

70Sat 7

70Sun 8

70Mon 9

70Tue 10

70Wed 11

70Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

56Thu 5

53Fri 6

50Sat 7

47Sun 8

46Mon 9

45Tue 10

43Wed 11

41Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

58Thu 5

52Fri 6

46Sat 7

42Sun 8

43Mon 9

45Tue 10

46Wed 11

45Thu 12

Forests and soils around La Motte-du-Caire

The terrain

Likely trees: Scots pine, downy oak, black pine
Soil: neutral (pH 7.4), silty clay
Slope: 13°

Habitat by species

Ceps	28	large forest of suitable host trees: downy oak, Scots pine, beech
Chanterelles	44	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, beech
Morels	100	large forest of suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	93	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, beech
Black trumpets	81	large forest of suitable host trees: downy oak, beech
Funnel chanterelles	22	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, beech
Wood blewits	100	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, beech
Saffron milk caps	88	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, black pine
Parasol mushrooms	94	large forest of suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	9 °C	18 °C	0.0 mm	81 %	25 %
Fri 30	9 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	80 %	24 %
Sat 31	6 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	72 %	24 %
Sun 1	4 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	76 %	24 %
Mon 2	1 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	71 %	24 %
Tue 3	1 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	64 %	24 %
Wed 4	4 °C	10 °C	0.3 mm	69 %	25 %
Thu 5 forecast	8 °C	12 °C	2.4 mm	78 %	26 %
Fri 6 forecast	5 °C	10 °C	6.0 mm	86 %	31 %
Sat 7 forecast	3 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	26 %
Sun 8 forecast	3 °C	9 °C	0.9 mm	88 %	25 %
Mon 9 forecast	8 °C	11 °C	4.8 mm	93 %	27 %
Tue 10 forecast	9 °C	12 °C	2.1 mm	88 %	25 %
Wed 11 forecast	9 °C	12 °C	14.9 mm	92 %	30 %
Thu 12 forecast	8 °C	16 °C	13.8 mm	95 %	42 %

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

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