Thursday 5 November 2026

Mushrooms in Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française

Today, wood blewits are the best bet around Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française (100/100, very favourable). Département: Lozère · altitude 553 m.

Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française is a municipality (303 inhabitants), at an altitude of 553 m (département: Lozère, 48). On Thursday 5 November 2026, conditions are favourable for: wood blewits (100/100), hedgehog mushrooms (85/100), saffron milk caps (85/100), black trumpets (82/100) and parasol mushrooms (71/100). For wood blewits, conditions deteriorate over the next 8 days. Terrain: likely trees around the municipality (sweet chestnut, maritime pine and Scots pine), neutral soil. Weather: 72 mm of rain fell over the last 8 days, 206 mm of rain is expected over the next 7 days, minimum temperatures range from 0 to 11 °C.

Open on the map

41/ 100

Ceps

Possible

17/ 100

Chanterelles

Unlikely

0/ 100

Morels

Unfavourable

85/ 100

Hedgehog mushrooms

Very favourable

82/ 100

Black trumpets

Very favourable

45/ 100

Funnel chanterelles

Possible

100/ 100

Wood blewits

Very favourable

85/ 100

Saffron milk caps

Very favourable

71/ 100

Parasol mushrooms

Favourable

8-day forecast

Ceps

41Thu 5

38Fri 6

34Sat 7

29Sun 8

31Mon 9

32Tue 10

34Wed 11

33Thu 12

Chanterelles

17Thu 5

15Fri 6

12Sat 7

9Sun 8

12Mon 9

13Tue 10

15Wed 11

15Thu 12

Morels

0Thu 5

0Fri 6

0Sat 7

0Sun 8

0Mon 9

0Tue 10

0Wed 11

0Thu 12

Hedgehog mushrooms

85Thu 5

84Fri 6

80Sat 7

77Sun 8

82Mon 9

85Tue 10

85Wed 11

85Thu 12

Black trumpets

82Thu 5

82Fri 6

82Sat 7

82Sun 8

82Mon 9

82Tue 10

82Wed 11

82Thu 12

Funnel chanterelles

45Thu 5

44Fri 6

42Sat 7

40Sun 8

43Mon 9

46Tue 10

42Wed 11

44Thu 12

Wood blewits

100Thu 5

100Fri 6

100Sat 7

100Sun 8

100Mon 9

100Tue 10

85Wed 11

85Thu 12

Saffron milk caps

85Thu 5

83Fri 6

77Sat 7

73Sun 8

73Mon 9

72Tue 10

69Wed 11

67Thu 12

Parasol mushrooms

71Thu 5

68Fri 6

64Sat 7

60Sun 8

66Mon 9

71Tue 10

77Wed 11

77Thu 12

Forests and soils around Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française

The terrain

Likely trees: sweet chestnut, maritime pine, Scots pine
Soil: neutral (pH 6.6), balanced
Slope: 25°

Habitat by species

Ceps	75	large forest of suitable host trees: downy oak, Scots pine, maritime pine
Chanterelles	58	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, maritime pine, sweet chestnut
Morels	89	large forest of suitable host trees
Hedgehog mushrooms	100	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, silver fir, beech
Black trumpets	95	large forest of suitable host trees: downy oak, sweet chestnut, beech
Funnel chanterelles	30	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, silver fir, beech
Wood blewits	100	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, sweet chestnut, silver fir
Saffron milk caps	100	large forest of suitable host trees: Scots pine, black pine, maritime pine
Parasol mushrooms	100	large forest of suitable host trees

Recent and forecast weather

Day	Min	Max	Rain	Air humidity	Soil moisture
Thu 29	6 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	67 %	19 %
Fri 30	6 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	89 %	19 %
Sat 31	7 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	88 %	18 %
Sun 1	5 °C	16 °C	0.0 mm	55 %	16 %
Mon 2	3 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	60 %	13 %
Tue 3	0 °C	11 °C	0.0 mm	75 %	12 %
Wed 4	3 °C	8 °C	26.5 mm	89 %	27 %
Thu 5 forecast	7 °C	11 °C	45.6 mm	96 %	34 %
Fri 6 forecast	5 °C	13 °C	15.7 mm	84 %	32 %
Sat 7 forecast	2 °C	12 °C	0.0 mm	83 %	28 %
Sun 8 forecast	4 °C	9 °C	0.3 mm	91 %	28 %
Mon 9 forecast	9 °C	13 °C	55.4 mm	97 %	32 %
Tue 10 forecast	11 °C	12 °C	33.7 mm	97 %	33 %
Wed 11 forecast	11 °C	14 °C	74.2 mm	95 %	36 %
Thu 12 forecast	11 °C	14 °C	26.4 mm	98 %	43 %

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

Going further

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