Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Besse

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Besse (92/100, very favourable). Département: Dordogne · altitude 277 m.

Besse is a municipality (148 inhabitants), at an altitude of 277 m (département: Dordogne, 24). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (92/100), saffron milk caps (60/100) and black trumpets (59/100). For wood blewits, conditions remain stable, with a maximum on Thursday 5 November 2026 (92/100). Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (sweet chestnut, downy oak and maritime pine), slightly acidic soil. Weather: 0 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 35 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 0 to 14 °C.

Open on the map

42/ 100

Ceps

Possible

18/ 100

Chanterelles

Unlikely

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

46/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Possible

59/ 100

Black trumpets

Favourable

50/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Possible

92/ 100

Wood blewits

Very favourable

60/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Favourable

53/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Possible

8-day forecast

Ceps

42Thu 5

39Fri 6

27Sat 7

27Sun 8

30Mon 9

35Tue 10

33Wed 11

31Thu 12

Chanterelles

18Thu 5

15Fri 6

8Sat 7

9Sun 8

14Mon 9

18Tue 10

20Wed 11

20Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

46Thu 5

44Fri 6

33Sat 7

34Sun 8

37Mon 9

37Tue 10

37Wed 11

37Thu 12

Black trumpets

59Thu 5

58Fri 6

45Sat 7

45Sun 8

44Mon 9

44Tue 10

43Wed 11

43Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

50Thu 5

48Fri 6

45Sat 7

46Sun 8

51Mon 9

58Tue 10

60Wed 11

59Thu 12

Wood blewits

92Thu 5

92Fri 6

89Sat 7

90Sun 8

90Mon 9

89Tue 10

88Wed 11

87Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

60Thu 5

59Fri 6

44Sat 7

45Sun 8

48Mon 9

46Tue 10

45Wed 11

44Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

53Thu 5

51Fri 6

37Sat 7

38Sun 8

46Mon 9

55Tue 10

55Wed 11

55Thu 12

Forests and soils around Besse

The terrain

Likely trees: sweet chestnut, downy oak, maritime pine
Soil: slightly acidic (pH 5.8), balanced
Slope: 2° · south-facing

Habitat by species

Ceps	100	large forest of suitable host trees: downy oak, maritime pine, pedunculate oak
Chanterelles	100	large forest of suitable host trees: maritime pine, sweet chestnut, pedunculate oak
Morels	53	large forest of suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	51	large forest, but tree species poorly suited to the hedgehog mushroom
Black trumpets	87	large forest of suitable host trees: downy oak, sweet chestnut, pedunculate oak
Funnel chanterelles	60	large forest, but tree species poorly suited to the funnel chanterelle
Wood blewits	92	large forest of suitable host trees: sweet chestnut, pedunculate oak
Saffron milk caps	83	large forest of suitable host trees: maritime pine, black pine
Parasol mushrooms	96	large forest of suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	3 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	21 %
Fri 30	3 °C	17 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	20 %
Sat 31	4 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	87 %	20 %
Sun 1	4 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	19 %
Mon 2	2 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	70 %	18 %
Tue 3	1 °C	8 °C	0.0 mm	84 %	18 %
Wed 4	0 °C	7 °C	0.3 mm	91 %	19 %
Thu 5 forecast	5 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	19 %
Fri 6 forecast	3 °C	13 °C	0.0 mm	93 %	18 %
Sat 7 forecast	-0 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	18 %
Sun 8 forecast	5 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	80 %	17 %
Mon 9 forecast	12 °C	20 °C	0.0 mm	78 %	16 %
Tue 10 forecast	14 °C	21 °C	18.6 mm	76 %	18 %
Wed 11 forecast	12 °C	14 °C	16.8 mm	94 %	33 %
Thu 12 forecast	11 °C	19 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	32 %

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

Going further

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

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