Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in La Balme-les-Grottes

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around La Balme-les-Grottes (59/100, favourable). Département: Isère · altitude 203 m.

La Balme-les-Grottes is a municipality (1 146 inhabitants), at an altitude of 203 m (département: Isère, 38). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (59/100). For wood blewits, conditions are improving, with a peak expected on Tuesday 10 November 2026 (71/100). Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (sessile oak), slightly acidic soil. Weather: 4 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 41 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from -1 to 12 °C.

Open on the map

29/ 100

Ceps

Unlikely

6/ 100

Chanterelles

Unfavourable

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

54/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Possible

52/ 100

Black trumpets

Possible

7/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Unfavourable

59/ 100

Wood blewits

Favourable

30/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Unlikely

42/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Possible

8-day forecast

Ceps

29Thu 5

29Fri 6

28Sat 7

28Sun 8

31Mon 9

33Tue 10

34Wed 11

32Thu 12

Chanterelles

6Thu 5

8Fri 6

8Sat 7

8Sun 8

12Mon 9

13Tue 10

15Wed 11

16Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

54Thu 5

55Fri 6

55Sat 7

56Sun 8

62Mon 9

62Tue 10

62Wed 11

62Thu 12

Black trumpets

52Thu 5

54Fri 6

56Sat 7

58Sun 8

59Mon 9

62Tue 10

62Wed 11

65Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

7Thu 5

7Fri 6

7Sat 7

8Sun 8

9Mon 9

10Tue 10

11Wed 11

12Thu 12

Wood blewits

59Thu 5

62Fri 6

64Sat 7

66Sun 8

69Mon 9

71Tue 10

71Wed 11

71Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

30Thu 5

31Fri 6

31Sat 7

31Sun 8

32Mon 9

31Tue 10

30Wed 11

29Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

42Thu 5

44Fri 6

44Sat 7

46Sun 8

54Mon 9

61Tue 10

66Wed 11

64Thu 12

Forests and soils around La Balme-les-Grottes

The terrain

Likely trees: sessile oak
Soil: slightly acidic (pH 6.4), balanced
Slope: 1° · north-facing

Habitat by species

Ceps	56	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: sessile oak, downy oak, pedunculate oak
Chanterelles	35	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: sessile oak, pedunculate oak
Morels	48	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	59	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: sessile oak, silver fir
Black trumpets	63	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: sessile oak, downy oak, pedunculate oak
Funnel chanterelles	8	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: silver fir
Wood blewits	63	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees: sessile oak, pedunculate oak, silver fir
Saffron milk caps	20	forest nearby, partly suitable tree species
Parasol mushrooms	73	fine forest nearby with suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	5 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	93 %	26 %
Fri 30	5 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	25 %
Sat 31	6 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	91 %	25 %
Sun 1	4 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	25 %
Mon 2	0 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	86 %	25 %
Tue 3	2 °C	10 °C	0.0 mm	81 %	24 %
Wed 4	-1 °C	6 °C	0.0 mm	95 %	24 %
Thu 5 forecast	3 °C	9 °C	4.1 mm	95 %	25 %
Fri 6 forecast	7 °C	11 °C	2.1 mm	94 %	29 %
Sat 7 forecast	5 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	92 %	28 %
Sun 8 forecast	4 °C	14 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	27 %
Mon 9 forecast	12 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	75 %	26 %
Tue 10 forecast	11 °C	16 °C	3.8 mm	78 %	26 %
Wed 11 forecast	10 °C	16 °C	2.3 mm	84 %	28 %
Thu 12 forecast	11 °C	18 °C	33.2 mm	92 %	41 %

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

Going further

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

Neighbouring municipalities

Tignieu-Jameyzieu · Pont-de-Chéruy · Chavanoz · Crémieu · Montalieu-Vercieu · Saint-Romain-de-Jalionas · Porcieu-Amblagnieu · Creys-Mépieu