Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Benest

Today, wood blewits have the best chances around Benest (58/100, favourable). Département : Charente · altitude 156 m.

Benest is a municipality (307 inhabitants), at an altitude of 156 m (département: Charente, 16). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (58/100) and parasol mushrooms (56/100). For wood blewits, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: slightly acidic soil. Weather: 0 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 14 mm of rain are expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 2 to 15 °C.

Open on the map

30/ 100

Ceps

Unlikely

7/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

30/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Unlikely

44/ 100

Black trumpets

Possible

3/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unfavourable

58/ 100

Wood blewits

Favourable

7/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Unfavourable

56/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Favourable

8-day forecast

Ceps

30Thu 5

27Fri 6

27Sat 7

26Sun 8

29Mon 9

31Tue 10

29Wed 11

27Thu 12

Chanterelles

7Thu 5

6Fri 6

6Sat 7

6Sun 8

8Mon 9

9Tue 10

10Wed 11

10Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

30Thu 5

30Fri 6

30Sat 7

31Sun 8

33Mon 9

33Tue 10

33Wed 11

33Thu 12

Black trumpets

44Thu 5

42Fri 6

41Sat 7

39Sun 8

38Mon 9

37Tue 10

37Wed 11

37Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

3Thu 5

3Fri 6

3Sat 7

3Sun 8

3Mon 9

4Tue 10

4Wed 11

4Thu 12

Wood blewits

58Thu 5

56Fri 6

54Sat 7

53Sun 8

51Mon 9

50Tue 10

50Wed 11

50Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

7Thu 5

6Fri 6

7Sat 7

6Sun 8

6Mon 9

6Tue 10

6Wed 11

6Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

56Thu 5

54Fri 6

56Sat 7

58Sun 8

67Mon 9

77Tue 10

77Wed 11

76Thu 12

Forests and soils around Benest

The terrain

Soil: slightly acidic (pH 6.3), équilibrée
Slope: 7°

Habitat by species

Ceps	29	copses and hedgerows — look along edges and under isolated trees
Chanterelles	16	copses and hedgerows — look along edges and under isolated trees
Morels	34	copses and hedgerows — look along edges and under isolated trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	17	copses and hedgerows — look along edges and under isolated trees
Black trumpets	28	copses and hedgerows — look along edges and under isolated trees
Funnel chanterelles	1	copses and hedgerows — look along edges and under isolated trees
Wood blewits	51	copses and hedgerows — look along edges and under isolated trees
Saffron milk caps	2	copses and hedgerows — look along edges and under isolated trees
Parasol mushrooms	67	copses and hedgerows — look along edges and under isolated trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	5 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	82 %	23 %
Fri 30	2 °C	15 °C	0.0 mm	87 %	22 %
Sat 31	2 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	22 %
Sun 1	4 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	85 %	22 %
Mon 2	2 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	81 %	21 %
Tue 3	3 °C	8 °C	0.0 mm	79 %	21 %
Wed 4	2 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	84 %	21 %
Thu 5 forecast	6 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	85 %	21 %
Fri 6 forecast	2 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	91 %	20 %
Sat 7 forecast	2 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	84 %	20 %
Sun 8 forecast	2 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	81 %	20 %
Mon 9 forecast	11 °C	19 °C	0.1 mm	78 %	20 %
Tue 10 forecast	15 °C	21 °C	12.2 mm	77 %	23 %
Wed 11 forecast	12 °C	16 °C	1.6 mm	90 %	27 %
Thu 12 forecast	12 °C	18 °C	0.5 mm	88 %	32 %

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

Going further

Mushrooms in Charente · All départements · Ranking of départements · How the score is calculated

Neighbouring municipalities

Nanteuil-en-Vallée · Champagne-Mouton · Saint-Laurent-de-Céris · Alloue · Ambernac · Pleuville · Hiesse · Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette